Annulment, Divorce And Remarriage

Question 1

What is Annulment?

Answer 1

A Statement by the Catholic Church that there was No Valid Marriage in the First Place.

Question 2

Examples of Possible Reasons of Annulment?

Answer 2

• One of the Couple Continued Having Affairs with Other People After the Marriage had Taken Place.
• The Couple Either didn’t have Sex At All or Always Insisted on Using Contraception.
• The Couple were Forced to Get Married.

Question 3

The Church’s Position on Divorce is Based on Three Points that are:

Answer 3

• The Couple Made Promises which Included the Words ‘Till Death Do Us Part’.
• God Made Man and Woman to be United as One and No Human has the Ability to Break this Bond.
• Jesus Taught that Anyone who Divorced and then Married Another Person was Committing Adultery.

Question 4

The Church Accepts that there are Times when People who Marry Realise that they’ve Made a ___________ and that they can’t Continue to Live Together.

Answer 4

Mistake.

Question 5

Many People in Britain Today would Claim that if a Couple Have Fallen Out of Love, there’s Little Point in them Remaining __________.

Answer 5

Married.

Question 6

Some People, Especially Catholics, would Argue that Once a Couple has Made the Marriage ____________, they Should Stick to Them, ________________ of How the Relationship is Continuing.

Answer 6

Promises…Regardless…

Question 7

Remarriage Happens when a Person who has Been Married Before Goes on to _________ Another Person. The Only Time This can Happen, According to the Church, is when the (Previous) Partner ______.

Answer 7

Marry…Dies…

Question 8

The Church wants to ___________ People Whose Marriages have Ended in Divorce and Choose to ___________.

Answer 8

Support…Remarry…