Explaining Catholic annulments

In Friday's RNS report Bill Zajac reports on a nun's efforts to educate Catholics about annulments: Sister Claire D. Lapointe understands why some Catholics may be confused about annulments. It's a complicated process, Lapointe said. It's the reason Lapointe, the director of the Springfield Diocesan Tribunal that decides annulments, addresses the subject at parishes in a talk titled "Myths, Misconceptions and Facts About Annulments." Annulment is a misnomer. "We don't annul a marriage. Marriage is insoluble when you have a valid sacramental marriage. No human power can dissolve that," said Lapointe, who belongs to the Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin order.