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Divorce v. annulment

Some speak of annulment as another name for “Catholic divorce.” But an annulment (technically a “Declaration of Nullity”) is a recognition by the Church, based on evidence, that what seemed to be a marriage, was not, owing to some intrinsic flaw at the time the vows were exchanged. [1]