Six (6%) percent of the globe’s Catholics live in the US.
Yet, of the marriage annulments granted by the Catholic Church, a whoppingly disproportionate sixty (60%) percent of them are granted to residents of the US.
These recently released skewed statistics touched off considerable debate.
The Catholic Church justified the numbers by patting itself on the back for issuing annulments expeditiously.
Other commentators found fault with Americans.
Read more in this Catholic Culture article: Why does the US lead the world in marriage annulments? and this Catholic World Report article: Annulment Nation.
