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Why are annulments necessary?

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Why are annulments necessary?

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Any person previously married, and seeking a marriage in the Catholic Church, must present a petition to the Marriage Tribunal in order to verify his/her freedom to enter a valid or sacramental marriage. Neither civil divorce nor the remarriage of the other spouse gives an individual freedom to marry in God’s plan. The purpose of the Tribunal’s procedures is to give official judgment concerning the validity or invalidity of a particular marriage in accord with the essential elements necessary for marriage in God’s plan.