July 17, 2007
A Kennedy wife shoots and scores!
As long as we are on matters pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church, the former Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, II fought the issuance of a decree of annulment by the Archdiocese of Boston. She said her marriage failed, but that didn't mean the marriage never existed, and accordingly, her children are the product of a Catholic marriage. Last month, the Vatican issued a ruling reversing the archdiocese. In other words, she won.
Posted by LMC at July 17, 2007 12:49 PM | TrackBackI guess, but she also seems to suggest that in order to get around the divorce issue, the Catholic Church should downgrade marraige to non-sacramental status:
Perhaps an answer is closer than we think. The Catholic Church might look to its sister institution, the Orthodox Church, and to Catholic marriage rules in other situations for a solution to the divorce dilemma. In the Orthodox Church, marriages may be viewed as valid without being "sacramental," a distinction the Catholic Church currently makes when its members marry those who are not baptized Christians. In such cases, after pastoral counseling, the Catholic spouses are still welcomed to communion and confession.
Such an approach may not be perfect, but it's preferable to the sham of easy annulment.
Maybe I read it wrong, but from a religious point of view, isn't this just substituting "the sham of easy annulment" with the sham of just-kidding marriage?
Posted by: Robbo the LB at July 17, 2007 04:12 PMSuch an approach may not be perfect, but it's preferable to the sham of easy annulment.
- should be part of the quote, of course.
Posted by: Robbo the LB at July 17, 2007 04:14 PM
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