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Why is Cardinal Kasper doing a victory lap ahead of the apostolic exhortation?

March 18, 2016

Could the Kasper proposal, decisively rejected by the synod fathers, really be in the papal text?

The Pope’s address on marriage was strikingly conservative

January 25, 2016

Francis delivered a speech which was remarkable for its continuity with St John Paul II and Benedict XVI

What the Pope’s marriage annulment reforms really mean

December 09, 2015

The changes come into force today, but are they as controversial as people suggest?

Vatican official clarifies ‘fast-track’ annulments amid dispute

October 15, 2015

Cardinal says process can only be shortened with the explicit consent of both parties

We’re heading for ‘Catholic divorces’

September 17, 2015

A leading canon lawyer argues that the Pope’s radical annulment reforms could overturn an all-important principle of Church law

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