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...code delays U.S. system
...existed in the first place. Once a rarity, annulments in the U.S. have grown from a mere 338 in 1968 to around 32,000 last year. In the Vatican last week the International Canon Law Commission sent to Pope John Paul for approval the final draft of a new code that would slow down U.S. annulment procedure, but streamline things in much of the world...
There are two factors in annulment, grounds and procedure. The grounds in the existing canon law code of 1917 are generally technical: bigamy, fraud, insanity, coercion and the like. But over the past two decades church tribunals have expanded psychological incapacity as a basis. The proposed new code recognizes this principle, known as "serious lack of due discretion...
Under the U.S. indult, which will remain in force until the new code goes into effect, perhaps by 1983, annulments are handled by a local church tribunal. When an annulment is approved, the American hierarchy assigns a bishop to accept or reject it. Almost all local verdicts are approved. But other nations are required to hold a time-consuming second trial, after which couples may appeal to the Vatican. The new proposal calls for a regional panel to review all the testimony after a local tribunal has endorsed an annulment, but not a second trial...
This is a difficult, complex relationship to explain, and if Angelou does explain it, she does not do so nearly as effectively as she portrayed the relationship between the South's social code and Black children in the 30s and 40s. She writes very well, however, of the challenging intimacy between herself and her son, Guy. The rest of Maya's life pales in comparison to the poignancy of the mother-son bond. She ends up a loving and concerned mother but a boring social observer...