WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Pope Francis makes a dramatic change in the way the Catholic Church handles marriage annulments. Since marriage in the Catholic Church is considered a life-long commitment, ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to fib for a relative, especially when you don’t think the ends justify the means. By Kwame Anthony Appiah A few years ago, my cousin became single after ...

So when a Catholic has a civil divorce and wants to remarry in the church, he or she may pursue an annulment, which is a Catholically legal way - complete with a tribunal, judge and "defender of the ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Tuesday made it simpler and swifter for Catholics to secure a marriage annulment, the most radical such reform for 250 years, and told bishops to be more welcoming to ...

Q: Man A marries Lady A in a Catholic church. Man B marries Lady B (Catholic) in a civil service. Both couples divorce. Man A marries Lady B in a civil service (after Lady A has died). Can Man A and ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has reformed the Roman Catholic Church's cumbersome procedures for marriage annulments, a decision keenly awaited by many couples around the world who have ...

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King Charles and Pope Leo have become the first in 500 years to offer a joint prayer publicly.On October 23, Thursday, during ...