Justice and mercy have met : Pope Francis and the reform of the marriage nullity process

With The Promulgation Of The Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus For The Latin Church And The Motu Proprio Mitis Et Misericors Iesus For The Eastern Catholic Churches, Both Dated August 15, 2015, Pope Francis Addressed The Calls During The Third Extraordinary General Assembly Of The Synod Of Bishops (october 5-9, 2014) For A Simplified Procedure For The Declaration Of The Nullity Of Marriages. Pope Francis Introduced A Briefer Process To Be Conducted By The Diocesan Bishop And He Simplified The Current Ordinary Nullity Process. The New Procedural Norms Went Into Effect On December 8, 2015. New Legislation Always Challenges First And Foremost The Practitioner: How Is The New Legislation To Be Understood And Applied? Immediately After The New Law Was Made Public, A Number Of Articles On This New Legislation Were Published In The Jurist. The School Of Canon Law Of The Catholic University Of America Organized A March 2016 Workshop On The Very Topic Of This Important Procedural Reform. These Articles Are Now Brought Together In One Volume To Assist Those Who Work With These Norms In The Various Tribunals Dealing With Marriage Cases. It Is Hoped That This Volume Will Be Of Great Service To All Those Who Serve The People Of God In The Ministry Of Justice, And That These Contributions Will Truly Be A Help In Understanding And Applying The New Norms. Foreword / Robert J. Kaslyn -- Introduction / Kurt Martens -- A First Approach To The Reform Of The Process For The Declaration Of Nullity Of Marriage / Frans Daneels -- An Analysis Of Pope Francis' 2015 Reform Of The General Legislation Governing Causes Of Nullity Of Marriage / William L. Daniel -- Reflections On The Role Of The Diocesan Bishop Envisioned By Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus / Bernard A. Hebda -- Mitis Iudex Canons 1671-1682, 1688-1691: A Commentary / John P. Beal -- The Abbreviated Matrimonial Process Before The Bishop In Cases Of Manifest Nullity Of Marriage / Willaim L. Daniel -- The Ordinary Process According To Mitis Iudex: Challenges To Our Comfort Zone / John P. Beal -- The Notion Of Canonical Jurisprudence And Its Application To The Tribunal Of The Roman Rota And Causes Of Nullity Of Marriage / William L. Daniel -- Applying Article 14 Of Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus To The Processus Brevior In Light Of The Church's Constant And Common Jurisprudence On Nullity Of Consent / Ronny E. Jenkins -- Implementation Of Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus In The Diocese Of Springfield In Illinois / Thomas John Paprocki -- Questions Regarding The Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus / Roch Pagé -- Letters Clarifying Some Unclear Points Of The Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus / Pontifical Council For Legislative Texts. Kurt Martens, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References. With the promulgation of the motu proprio Mitus iudex Dominus Jesus for the Latin Church and the motu proprio Mitis et misericors Jesus for the Eastern Catholic Churches, both dated August 15, 2015, Pope Francis addressed the calls during the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 5-19, 2014) for a simplified procedure for the declaration of the nullity of marriages. Pope Francis introduced a briefer process to be conducted by the diocesan bishop and he simplified the current ordinary nullity process. The new procedural norms went into effect on December 8, 2015. New legislation always challenges first and foremost the practitioner: how is the new legislation to be understood and applied? Immediately after the new law was made public, a number of articles on this new legislation were published in The Jurist. The School of Canon Law of The Catholic University of America organized a March 2016 Workshop on the very topic of this important procedural reform. These articles are now brought together in one volume to assist those who work with these norms in the various tribunals dealing with marriage cases. It is hoped that this volume will be of great service to all those who serve the people of God in the ministry of justice, and that these contributions will truly be a help in understanding and applying the new norms. Contents Foreword / Robert J. Kaslyn, SJ Introduction / Kurt Martens A First Approach to the Reform of the Process for the Declaration of Nullity of Marriage / Frans Daneels, O. Praem. An Analysis of Pope Francis' 2015 Reform of the General Legislation Governing Causes of Nullity of Marriage / William L. Daniel Reflections on the Role of the Diocesan Bishop Envisioned by 'Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus' / Bernard A. Hebda 'Mitis Iudex' Canons 1671 - 1682, 1688 - 1691: A Commentary / John P. Beal The Abbreviated Matrimonial Process before the Bishop in Cases of "Manifest Nullity" of Marriage / William L. Daniel The Ordinary Process According to 'Mitis Iudex' : Challenges to Our "Comforting Zone" / John P. Beal The Notion of Canonical Jurisprudence and its Application to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota and Causes of Nullity of Marriage / William L. Daniel Applying Article 14 of 'Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus' to the 'Processus Brevior' in Light of the Church's Constant and Common Jurisprudence on Nullity of Consent / Ronny E. Jenkins Implementation of 'Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus' in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois / Thomas John Paprocki Questions Regarding the Motu Proprio 'Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus' / Roch Page Letters Clarifying Some Unclear Points of the Motu Proprio 'Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus' / Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts