Question
Answer the following about divorce in Catholicism, for 10 points each.
[10m] While Catholic officials do not rule on the legality of divorces, they do rely on this body of rules to determine whether a marriage can be annulled. Pius X compiled a “code” of this body of rules cited by judicial vicars.
ANSWER: canon law [or Codex Iuris Canonici; accept 917 Code of Canon Law]
[10h] Couples seeking a divorce are faced by these officials who use canon law to discredit the reasons for annulment. These church officials are required to sit during annulment proceedings.
ANSWER: defenders of the bond [accept defensor vinculi or defensor matrimonii]
[10e] A pope with this name made defenders of the bond mandatory at annulment proceedings. The sixteenth pope with this regnal name removed exceptions for church defectors in marriage validity before he resigned in 2013.
ANSWER: Benedict [or Benedictus; accept Pope Benedict XIV or Pope Benedict XVI; accept Benedictus PP. XVI or Benedictus PP. XIV]
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