Why Can't Catholics Divorce and Remarry?

With divorce rates above 50 percent for first marriages and 60 percent for second, few teachings are harder to defend, or more needed, than the Church's stand on marriage. From a detailed exegesis of the relevant passages, Robert Sungenis shows that the Catholic reading of Matthew 19:9 is correct and that the Protestant reading, which permits remarriage after divorce, is wrong. Drawing on Scripture together with the Fathers, the popes, the councils, and Canon Law, he explains why the Catholic Church condemns divorce and remarriage, even in the case of fornication, and why God's help is exactly what our families need.