Pope Establishes Commission to make Marriage Annulment Procedures Simpler

Many had assumed that bringing efficiency to marriage annulment procedures would be the way the Synod would settle the matter of the "remarried" divorcees. Since the Pope now establishes a commission to do just that, this somewhat preempts the Synod on this path (the Synod propositions will certainly mention it anyway), leaving the New Kasper Doctrine as a focal point of discussions.

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