“‘The Catholic Church forbids divorce’– so we are always reading in
the newspapers. Of course, that isn’t true. It isn’t the Catholic
Church which forbids divorce; Almighty God forbids divorce, and all the
Catholic Church does is to say she’s very sorry, but there it is; the
Divine Law will not allow a marriage to be dissolved, so she is afraid
she can’t very well do anything about it. If it was the Church that had
made this law, she would be able to dispense people from this law; the
whole point of the situation is that the Church is powerless; she can do
nothing. She can no more prevent a person who has two wives being in
mortal sin that she can prevent a person who falls off a precipice
breaking his neck. It is not part of her legislation
that a married man should not remarry. It is part of her doctrine that a
married man cannot remarry, so long as his first wife is alive. If he
goes through the form of marriage, it is an empty farce.” - In Soft Garments, Monsignor Ronald Knox.
If you need something good to read, I recommend this book. It's a collection of sermons he gave at I think Oxford and it is amazing. The above quote is the first paragraph of a sermon on divorce.
I'm praying for you!
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