New website for the Ecclesiastical Court

AND’ on line il nuovo sito internet del Tribunale Ecclesiastico delle diocesi Toscane http://www.teretrusco.it/, un portale su cui si possono trovare tutte le informazioni utili su questo tribunale, its functions and contacts.

The site presents marriage, according to Canon Law, or as "the marriage covenant by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole life, by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children.

A condition that can not be dissolved by any human authority. However, if you present a marital situation failed, and "legitimately arise doubts on the validity of sacramental marriage contract, you have to take what is necessary to determine the truth ": These are the words of Benedict XVI in "Sacramentum Caritatis".

The ecclesiastical tribunals then fit into this dynamic ministry offering loyal service to search for the truth about their personal situation.

When an ecclesiastical court gives a judgment on the nullity of a marriage or not, "States" if the wedding celebration has arisen or not a constraint valid.

For this reason,, there is no "marriage annulment", although this term is widely used, this being quite a "declaration of invalidity".

At the opening of the site the words of Pope Francis in his address to the Roman Rota, that defines the judicial activity of the Church as a "service to the truth in justice": the legal dimension, for Pope Francis, is not opposed but closely connected to the pastoral dimension of ecclesial ministry.

On the website there are only contacts (address, phone, email) the Ecclesiastical Court Regional, ma anche quelli di tutti gli incaricati delle diverse diocesi toscane - in quanto in ogni diocesi è possibile ricevere un servizio di consulenza completamente gratuito – the list of lawyers, prosecutors and stable advocates working at the ecclesiastical court, e il tariffario dei costi per i vari procedimenti e onorari, che possono essere abbattuti del tutto accedendo gratuitamete ai vari servizi grazie ai fondi stanziati dalla CEI provenienti da l’8×1000.

Michael Lattanzi

By the number 41 – The Year of 26/11/2014