The Archdiocese of Corrientes has appeared to reverse course after first allowing the celebration of a wedding between two people who publicly identify as transgender and later announcing that the union has no canonical effect and will be annulled by decree.
Speaking to Crux, Archbishop Larregaín, Archbishop of the diocese, said that in such circumstances a marriage is null ipso facto because it does not comply with the requirements of matter and form necessary for a valid sacrament. “That happens automatically, but a formal decree is issued,” he said. He added that welcoming everyone in the Church does not mean that sacraments may be administered when essential conditions are not met. He also referred to Pope Francis’s declaration Fiducia Supplicans and the need to avoid confusion between pastoral blessings and the rite of marriage.
