Sorry I haven’t posted much. Been judging lots of annulments as well as finishing up the edits on two books coming out next month. Anyway, the Interim, which is Canada’s national pro-life newspaper, just posted my editorial from the June edition. It describes some of my experiences as a Canadian with the pro-life movement in America. Here’s a sample:
I still recall when Sonya and I brought Jasmine home from the maternity ward. Governor Casey greeted us on the street, congratulated us on becoming new parents and asked to hold Jasmine for a few moments. Although I don’t usually trust politicians with babies, how could one refuse this old warhorse of the right-to-life movement? His eyes marvelled with the mystery of human life.
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Out of curiosity, are all the annulments you grant, due to sacramentally invalid marriages?
What else would there be? That’s what an annulment is: a declaration that the marriage was invalid.
Puzzled, the answer is “kinda”. Basically, as a layman, I can only act as a collegiate judge — meaning that I cast a vote with two other judges (both of whom are clergy). Now all the affirmatives I grant is because I am morally certain the marriage is invalid. As for sacramentality, this would depend on the baptismal status of the parties. Basically, a sacramental marriage is one between two baptized parties. Not all marriages we judge are between two baptized parties.