Divorce and Annulment
Channel: Father Paddy Walsh
Date: 2018-05-07

Most people recognise the human need for close, personal and enduring relationships. Nevertheless, divorce has become increasingly common. This is frequently a source of great pain. The divorce proceedings may also add to distress already caused on both sides and the effects on the children may remain through life. The contemporary expectation seems to be that someone who gets divorced should remarry and second marriages are commonly viewed as a positive sign that someone has ‘moved on’. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seeks to follow the teaching of Jesus that marriage is indissoluble: ‘What God has united, man must not divide’ (Mark 10:9).