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It does seem, however, there is some misunderstanding about decrees of nullity and what the Church teaches on the matter. Because people don’t understand does not mean that the Church is hurting people. Misunderstanding might be.
So heartbreaking but so glad he survived.
UPDATE: Baby Koah Sharpe is OUT of the hospital! 🤍
The 11-month-old South Carolina boy who survived approximately 24 hours buried alive inside a dog crate has been released to his family and is expected to make a full recovery.
His father, Michael Comer (25), has now been charged with attempted murder.
Investigators believe a towel wrapped around the buried crate created an air pocket that helped Koah survive.
And here’s another disturbing detail.
Comer pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges just last month and was sentenced to probation.
This little boy survived something almost unimaginable.
What an absolute miracle that rescuers heard him crying beneath the dirt.
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To sum up what happened here: The Idaho First Republican won an election; the county learned they had ballots that hadn't been counted yet; they counted the outstanding ballots; the Republican won by more votes than before; and hysterical Idaho Democrats are still not satisfied because the electoral process actually doesn't matter to them as much as absolute power at all costs.
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That is not what a decree of nullity does. It simply determines at the time of the marriage all if these criteria for a valid marriage were met. It has nothing to do with the actions of the spouses after.
The criteria is 1)The spouses are free to marry and they freely exchange consent
2) They intend to marry for life 3)They are open to bearing children
4)correct canonical form
If a marriage tribunal finds any of these lacking, a decree of nullity may be issued. These are all presumed to be the case unless a spouse can prove otherwise.
Now, two people can go into a marriage with these 4 things met and the marriage could blow up. That’s not grounds for a decree of nullity.
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I think the problem is the difference between civil and Catholicism. As I said, there is no divorce in Catholicism. There is only a toleration of the civil act in some cases. Those who seek divorce are always seeming the end to the civil union however some intents are tolerated even though there is no dissolution of the sacrament. So, if the intent is to protect oneself from, say, abuse, it is not a sin. They are, however, still marries in the eyes of the Church.
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I never said that and mentioned that valid marriages also fall apart due to one or both spouses rejecting God’s grace. That said, we’re talking about marriages that don’t exist except civilly.
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The fact that some dioceses get it wrong is horrific. Because mistakes are made does not invalidate the teaching. Just means the bishop is a fool.
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That is not the teaching of the Church. And the church doesn’t believe in divorce. It simply tolerates divorce in narrow cases. This what the catechism has to say and an article on the matter.
“Divorce
2382 The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.173 He abrogates the accommodations that had slipped into the old Law.174 Between the baptized, "a ratified and consummated marriage cannot be dissolved by any human power or for any reason other than death."175
2383 The separation of spouses while maintaining the marriage bond can be legitimate in certain cases provided for by canon law.176 If civil divorce remains the only possible way of ensuring certain legal rights, the care of the children, or the protection of inheritance, it can be tolerated and does not constitute a moral offense.
2384 Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law. It claims to break the contract, to which the spouses freely consented, to live with each other till death. Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign. Contracting a new union, even if it is recognized by civil law, adds to the gravity of the rupture: the remarried spouse is then in a situation of public and permanent adultery:
If a husband, separated from his wife, approaches another woman, he is an adulterer because he makes that woman commit adultery, and the woman who lives with him is an adulteress, because she has drawn another's husband to herself.177
2385 Divorce is immoral also because it introduces disorder into the family and into society. This disorder brings grave harm to the deserted spouse, to children traumatized by the separation of their parents and often torn between them, and because of its contagious effect which makes it truly a plague on society.
2386 It can happen that one of the spouses is the innocent victim of a divorce decreed by civil law; this spouse therefore has not contravened the moral law. There is a considerable difference between a spouse who has sincerely tried to be faithful to the sacrament of marriage and is unjustly abandoned, and one who through his own grave fault destroys a canonically valid marriage.178”
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Gotcha. And “redo” is probably a faulty word. Re-attempt, maybe? If the sacrament didn’t have the right matter, form and intent, it didn’t happen.
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Does the Church say that all divorce is a sin? Nope. The Church recognizes sometime civil divorce is necessary - abuse and financial malfeasance are a couple of reasons to protect the other spouse and children. That doesn’t mean they are divorced from the union they entered into spiritually. It’s purely in the civil realm.
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