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Uphold marriage against unilateral no-fault divorce

Support those who remain faithful to their marriage and those who have been unjustly abandoned

For Catholics who enter marriage expecting permanence, no-fault divorce is a cruel surprise.

If you are facing an unwanted separation or divorce, find a listening ear and others carrying the same weight.

Learn about options for requesting Church support for your marriage based on the Catholic Code of Canon Law. We assist both respondents in annulment cases who are defending the validity of their marriage, as well as abandoned spouses seeking pastoral care and governance. Additionally, we offer a sample arbitration agreement for engaged couples who wish to distinguish their Catholic marriage from a civil marriage.

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LiveStream: Annulment Defendant's Rights Trampled, June 13
June 17, 2025

LiveStream: Annulment Defendant’s Rights Trampled, June 13

I was joined by separated faithful co-host Mark Feliz, to hear anonymous guest (Raymond) discuss his experience as an annulment defendant after being abandoned by his wife.  According to Catholic doctrine, the Church “never ceases to endeavor to bring about a reconciliation, and never despairs of doing so” (Pope Leo XIII, Arcanum).  Hear what is [...]

... to support Mary’s Advocates’ position, I’m publishing excerpts from a 2011 decision issued by the appellate Tribunal of the Roman Rota. ... I emphasize that the Roman Rota—in their selected sentences shared in their 2018 volume—teaches the world that a tribunal could issue a sentence deciding that “cohabitation is to be restored.”
June 16, 2025

Church Instruct “Cohabitation is to be Restored”

… to support Mary’s Advocates’ position, I’m publishing excerpts from a 2011 decision issued by the appellate Tribunal of the Roman Rota. … I emphasize that the Roman Rota—in their selected sentences shared in their 2018 volume—teaches the world that a tribunal could issue a sentence deciding that “cohabitation is to be restored.”

Earlier, we submitted a petition to select bishops asking them to drop their divorce mandate.  We received only three responses—two of them highlight just how inconsistent the Church’s leadership really is.  Watch my reaction.
May 17, 2025

Bishops Respond: Plea to Drop their Divorce Mandate

Earlier, we submitted a petition to select bishops asking them to drop their divorce mandate. We received only three responses—two of them highlight just how inconsistent the Church’s leadership really is.  Watch my reaction.

Pope Leo XIII and XIV on Marriage
May 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIII and XIV on Marriage

by Bai Macfarlane Let’s pray that Pope Leo XIV enforces the protections on marriage emphasized by Pope Leo XIII. In his 1880 encyclical Arcanum on Christian Marriage, Pope Leo XIII says civil magistrates are not to decide cases regarding the contractual obligations of married Catholics. In other words, the state courts are not the proper […]

Separated Faithful Plea to Conclave: We Need to Roll Back Francis' Loosening of Canon Law.  I see cases where the other spouse fell prey to influencers that led them to abandon marriage after having multiple children and years of happy, thriving marriage. Abandoners force a government no-fault divorce on the whole family, and when they eventually petition a Catholic tribunal for an annulment, Pope Francis made it more difficulty for separated faithful to uphold marriage against accusations of invalidity.
May 6, 2025

Roll Back Francis’ loosening of Canon Law

Separated Faithful Plea to Conclave: We Need to Roll Back Francis’ Loosening of Canon Law. I see cases where the other spouse fell prey to influencers that led them to abandon marriage after having multiple children and years of happy, thriving marriage. Abandoners force a government no-fault divorce on the whole family, and when they eventually petition a Catholic tribunal for an annulment, Pope Francis made it more difficulty for separated faithful to uphold marriage against accusations of invalidity.

Ask Trump to Drain Swamp in Family Court
March 12, 2025

Ask Trump to Drain Swamp in Family Court

At the request of Dr. Stephen Baskerville, I’m spending 5 minutes and writing the President: President Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 I am deeply disheartened by the destruction of families and the undermining of the Constitution that occur daily in family courts and child support enforcement offices. I [...]

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