By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The potential loss of money and authority are often at the heart of the opposition against reforming the Catholic Church’s annulment process, Pope Francis said. Departing from his prepared remarks during a Jan. 29 meeting with members of the Roman Rota, a tribunal handling mostly […]
Number of marriage nullity decisions doubled in Year of Mercy
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu judged twice the number of “declarations of nullity,” commonly called marriage annulments, during the “Holy Year of Mercy” than the year before. Judicial vicar Father Mark Gantley, who heads the diocesan Tribunal office, said he “rendered 40 decisions in 2015 and 80 decisions in 2016.” […]
