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Pope to European Rota: ‘Discern annulment cases with charity’
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Help purify, restore relationships, pope tells judges at Vatican tribunal
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Concern for the salvation of souls is what guides the work of church tribunals and the implementation of reforms regarding the marriage annulment process, Pope Francis said.
"We are called upon by the pain and hope of so many faithful who seek clarity regarding the truth about their personal situation and, consequently, regarding the possibility of full participation in sacramental life," the pope told members of the Roman Rota, a Vatican-based tribunal that deals mainly with marriage cases and requests for marriage annulments.
"Your work in discerning whether or not a valid marriage exists is a service to 'salus animarum' (the salvation of souls), in that it allows the faithful to know and accept the truth of their own personal situation," he told the tribunal members during an audience at the Vatican Jan. 31, inaugurating the tribunal's judicial year.
This year's annual papal audience coincided with the 10th anniversary of two papal documents explaining reforms to the annulment process, "Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus" ("The Lord Jesus, the Gentle Judge") for the Latin-rite church and "Mitis et misericors Iesus" ("The Meek and Merciful Jesus") for the Eastern Catholic ch
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Pope to Roman Rota: Discern annulment cases 'with prayer, on your knees'
By Joseph Tulloch
On Thursday, Pope Francis addressed officials from the Vatican’s Tribunal of the Roman Rota, an appeals court.
In a speech delivered to mark the inauguration of the Judicial Year in the Vatican City State, the Pope discussed the process of discernment as it applies to annulment cases.
He discussed the tension between justice and mercy, the importance of prayer for the judges' work, and the close relationship between judicial discernment and synodality.
The centrality of prayer
“Without prayer," Pope Francis stressed, “one cannot be a judge. If any of you are not praying, please resign That would be better.”
He went on to underline that "discernment is done on one’s knees, imploring the gift of the Holy Spirit; only in this way can decisions be reached that promote the good of individuals and the entire Church community.”
“I ask each one of you," Pope Francis said, "Do you pray? Do you feel with the Church? Are you humble in prayer, asking the Lord for light?”
“I come back to this," the Pope emphasised. "A judge's prayer is essential to his task. If a judge does not pray or cannot pray, he had better go and do another job.”