It may be true

but I expect that Rome would like to grant far too few...

Church says U.S. allowing too many marriage annulments

I suspect that the Vatican would rather err on the side of law than on the side of charity. While the Church is concerned about the 'flock', the structure of the Church is concerned with the structure of the Church...

(OK, that's a bit simplistic, but you know what I mean...)

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