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Annulments – The Inner Life – June 11, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss Annulments

  • What does indissolubility of marriage?
  • (11:15) What does freedom and living faithfully have to do with Marriage?
  • What are Declarations of Nullity?
  • (16:46) Debbie – If you’re not married in the church or any church and just justice of peace, do you still need an annulment? I have a friend whose marriage was nullified. Is it just a government marriage?

(22:28) Break 1

  • Elizabeth – After 37 years of marriage, I’ve filed for a declaration of nullity. If I don’t receive it, what would my ongoing responsibility to him be? For rich or for poor? Do I need to give him money?
  • (29:37) Email from Kent – Can I reach out to my diocese to get an update on my case?
  • The healing process of annulments.
  • Rose – If someone was unbaptized at the time of marriage and that ended in divorce and later they were baptized and become married, what effect does it have on the marriage?

(38:41) Break 2

  • Email about the validity of the marriage that was really bad.
  • Mary – Can annulments be appealed if not given?
  • (43:48) Diane – I was married twice. Had an annulment. Now I got divorced again. I haven’t filed an annulment. He has remarried and is not Catholic any more. When I married him, he had a habit of watching porn. I didn’t find out until after we were married. Is that a reason to nullify the marriage?
  • Annie – Prenuptial agreements…is that grounds for nullity?

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.