Pope: annulments must be impartial and pastoral

Photo ~ Even before the pope's October synod, Freiburg Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, the president of the German Bishops' Conference, has already abolished the indisssolubility of marriage

Addressing the Vatican court primarily responsible for hearing requests for marriage annulments, Pope Francis said judges on church tribunals should show “imperturbable and impartial balance” as well as the “delicacy and humanity proper to a pastor of souls.” The Pope made his remarks today to officials of the Roman Rota at a meeting to inaugurate the tribunal’s judicial year.

Pope Francis has said that church law on marriage is a topic that exemplifies a general need for mercy in the Church today, and that it will be among the subjects of discussion at this October’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the “pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization.”

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