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The Catholic Church should reconsider its stance on divorce

Dec 25, 2008 Letters

Dear Editor,
There have been much said about divorce in the news in recent times. My letter to you is not in direct relation to what was mentioned in the news in recent times, but since the issue would be fresh in the minds of the readers, I thought that I may at this time broach the topic of the issue of divorce.
I am quite sure that, in many ways, the Roman Catholic Churches in Guyana and many other parts of the world are at odds and ends as to how to restore the Church in relation to its following, so as to increase its congregations. Employing another route seems a fair option, that route being divorce.
Should the Holy City (The Vatican) accept divorce as a principle to be part of the institution of marriage, such a break with tradition could lead to favourable efforts to restore the Church in many places where there is dwindling following?
The Holy Bible is often the instrument of argument. The Bible itself may establish the grounds for the precedent, due to such passages of the Bible as, “Who God puts together, let no one set apart, and who God sets asunder, let no one bring together”. Today we find, almost in every court of the world, that when one has to take the oath, one must swear by God that one’s testimony would be the truth and nothing else but the truth. Most such courts hold it as a right to allow for divorce proceedings. In so doing, they accept the divine will of the Almighty and the providence of God, where the pronouncement is made in a statement, “who God puts together, let no one set apart, and who God sets asunder, let no one bring together.”
It is not my job to do such interpretations of the Holy Bible, but my grandmother, who was a devout Christian who never read any other books but the Old Testament, the New Testament, as well as Chinese comic books, and subsequently the Holy Bible, often pointed such passages out to me. I am not suggesting in any way that people should get married just to get a divorce, it is only in Mexico that they do that sort of thing. Mexico incidentally is a very Roman Catholic country.
The Church is indeed an institution of marriage, and should always be that way. By recognising the right to divorce, the Church would automatically be more recognised as the foremost institution of marriage in fair terms. The Roman Catholic Church in Guyana is still looked up to as the vanguard of churches in Guyana, and once the flock begins returning to the Roman Catholic Church in great numbers, such a phenomenon would inspire the revival of the Church in Guyana. Employing a new route certainly seems an option.
As I am at it in relation to employing the new route as a key strategy, please allow me to mention that it is my view that if there were another Panama constructed, as well as a modern air terminal as close as possible to the canals in Panama, along with the existing one, such facilities would greatly ease some of the world’s problems in terms of transportation, as well as goods and services, even if nuclear powered vessels are not allowed to access the canals.
Such an arrangement would also facilitate the much needed repairs and maintenance that the canals would need from time to time.
The ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) grouping of nations would certainly benefit from such an arrangement, as well as Asian, American and European countries. I do think that the ACP Grouping of nations should choose to employ the new route, to their wider benefit, by backing such an initiative.
R. G. Venton

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