Is the Church quietly undermining the permanence of marriage by making annulments too easy? Conor sits down with author John Clark to examine the Church’s modern “annulment culture,” asking whether marriage is truly being treated as the sacrament it is. They discuss the rise of annulments, changes to the Church’s tribunal process, the suffering of abandoned spouses, and the historical defense of marriage from Catherine of Aragon to Humanae Vitae. Tune in for an impassioned defense of the permanence of marriage—and a challenge to the Church to recover the sacramental vision of marriage that has been lost in the modern annulment culture.
CHAPTERS
0:00 – Trailer
3:08 – Introduction
5:50 – Staggering US Annulment Statistics
17:00 – Why John Wrote His Book on Annulments
22:05 – The Limits of the Annulment Process
37:18 – The Story of Catherine of Aragon & King Henry VIII
51:26 – The Lambeth Conference, Casti Connubii, and Humanae Vitae
1:11:47 – How Changes to Canon Law Impacted Marriage
1:26:04 – How to Build Strong Marriages
1:34:49 – Pope Leo’s Comments on “False Mercy”
📕 Get John’s book, Betrayed without a Kiss: Defending Marriage after Years of Failed Leadership in the Church: https://tanbooks.com/products/betrayed-without-a-kiss-defending-marriage-after-years-of-failed-leadership-in-the-church/.
