Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.29.4.2
The Nullity of Marriage in the Light of Amoris Laetitia: Expectations and Challenges for Judicial Pastoral
Josip Šalković
orcid.org/0009-0004-6208-8121
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Elizabeta Turček
; Inter-Diocesan Tribunal of First Instance in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Some of the abandoned, separated, and divorced believers doubt the validity of their marriage or are convinced of its nullity. For them, canon law provides cases to declare the nullity of marriage (Can. 1671 – 1691). In 2015, Pope Francis reformed the canonical procedure for cases to declare the nullity of marriage. The topic of »the nullity of marriage« in this paper is discussed in the light of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis Amoris Laetitia from 2016. Under number 244 of the exhortation, the topic of the nullity of marriage is approached in view of the recent reform of the canonical procedure, especially re-garding the need for »special discernment« of matrimonial situations in pre-process or pastoral inquiry in the preparation for a case.
Keywords
the nullity of marriage; exhortation Amoris Laetitia; pre-process or pastoral inquiry; information, counseling and mediation service; judicial pastoral care
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Publication date:
28.12.2021.
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