Does the Catholic Church allow remarriage?
• Is it really worthwhile? • Is a divorced person excommunicated from the Church? • Can a divorced person receive communion? Who may apply for an annulment? Any divorced Catholic has the right to ask for an investigation of a previous marriage by the appropriate tribunal of the Catholic Church. Any non-Catholic divorced person remarried to a Catholic, intending to become a Catholic or intending marriage to a Catholic has the same right. Only a party to the marriage, however, may apply. How long will the annulment process take? Requests, once accepted, are heard on a first come, first served basis. The sooner the case is completely documented, the sooner the case is considered. The average time is twelve to eighteen months for the process to be complete. Among the practical factors that prolong the process are: • Your cooperation in completing the marital history • The cooperation of your witnesses in submitting their statements • The cooperation of your former spouse • The difficulty i
