Annulments in the Catholic Church seem fishy to me. Can anyone convince me otherwise?

The Church seeks carefully to protect Jesus' teaching of the sacredness of marriage. Yet the Church also is obliged to provide justice for anyone whose marriage has failed—when it can be shown with moral certainty that the marriage lacked from its onset some essential element for a true sacramental bond. Pope Paul VI noted that delayed justice is injustice, and streamlined the annulment procedure.

During the 1970's and early 80's, special norms for the annulment procedure were in effect on a provisional basis. Many of these revisions have now been made part of the Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1983. The Church knows there is continued necessity for a just procedure in marriage cases. It also seeks to address the deep needs of those whose lives have been touched by divorce.

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