Why does the catholic church allow divorce and remarraige?

Question

Used to be they were really strict on it. Now anything goes. Why did they cahnage their teaching?

Answer 1

catholic churhc changes its teachings whenever they want to get more meomberss

Answer 2

They allow annulments and there must be good valid reason as to why the marriage was not considered valid. Divorce and remarriage are still not allowed.

The Catholic Church understands marriage as a sacrament that images God's covenant with His people, a covenant of love and for a lifetime. Once a valid marriage covenant is made, it is a commitment for life to faithfulness and the good of the spouse and children.

But for a marriage to be truly valid (with the Catholic understanding of covenant) both parties must be capable of such a commitment, fully aware and freely giving consent. Sometimes one of these conditions is not present and therefore something is wrong from the beginning, something is lacking. In such a case there never was a valid marriage bond from the beginning. One or both parties may not have been capable of full consent for a number of personal reasons. Or there may have been undue external pressure.

Answer 3

A valid Catholic marriage is permanent and may not be anulled.

Divorce is allowed, but remarriage after divorce is not, unless the original marriage wasn't really valid.

If a marriage contained a serious "defect" such as fraud, undisclosed impotence or sterility, or some other applicable issue, a church marriage tribunal could declare it void, leaving the person free to remarry.

Nothing changed here.

Answer 4

I don't know about the Catholic church but the Bible has two allowances for divorce and no prohibition against remarriage unless the divorce did not take place under one of the two provisions. A person can divorce their spouse if the spouse has cheated on them or if an unbelieving spouse deserts the marriage.

"And Pharisees came up to him and tested him (Jesus) by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?"

He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"

He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery." Matthew 19:3-9

"To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. 1 Corinthians 7:10-15

Answer 5

They permit annulments, and not divorces. There is a genuine legal distinction here.

Answer 6

they don't allow it
the closest thing in catholocism to divorce is anullment.
this is when you can claim that the marriage was never legitimate in the first place

Answer 7

Because they make lots of money off it. I think an annulment costs something like $2,000.00 or something.