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A_flyer
7th January 2008, 09:34
Marriage annulment in RP declining (Philippines Star, January 7, 2008)

There was a decline in the number of marriages annulled last year, according to Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz...
Read more here: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080106111

KeithD
7th January 2008, 10:28
I'm surprised they manage to keep statistics with everything spread around, and corruption probably means they are not added.

IanB
7th January 2008, 16:41
I am hoping to do my best to keep the statistics HIGH this year!

(Actually, having read the article I think it means nothing - it refers to just one part of the Philippines and ONLY to annulments done by the church, not to civil annulments which, I think, are much much more common.)

Ian

andypaul
7th January 2008, 21:19
I would have thought like Ian says that the Church is putting some spin on it no one ever publishes a suvey which doesn't show what they want us to see.