How can the Church declare a presumably valid marriage null and void?
The Church defines marriage as a covenant by which a man and woman enter into a communion of life and love with each other. Marriage, by its nature, is ordered towards the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children. It takes more than a ritual, the passing of years or the producing of children to make a marriage valid. This covenant must be entered into responsibly and freely and with the intention that it be permanent. If a party marries for the wrong reasons, if th e will is impaired or if any of the essential elements of marriage are compromised or left out, the marriage is invalid. Or if one or both parties are unable to live out the marriage vows because of serious and debilitating immaturity or because of any ot her psychological reason that was present from the beginning, the marriage is invalid. Is the Catholic Church compromising its traditional stand on the sacredness and permanence of marriage by granting so many annulments? By no means! The indissolub
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