#12472 Is Annulment Required for All Divorced Catholics? Bible and Faith - Jim Blackburn

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Is annulment required for all divorced Catholics?” This question addresses a common concern among those navigating their faith after divorce. Additionally, the discussion touches on the complexities of Bible translations and offers insights into discerning personal spiritual experiences, as well as clarifying why infidelity is not considered grounds for annulment.

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Questions Covered:

19:20 – Is it true that the Catholic Church requires all divorced people to get an annulment before becoming Catholic?
29:10 – How can I understand the differences in language translations of the Bible?
36:36 – How can I discern about an experience where I believe I’ve seen Jesus?
47:50 – Why isn’t infidelity considered grounds for an annulment?

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0:32.6	Have the Gantz's live.
0:34.4	I am Cy Kellett, your host.
0:37.0	Jeff running the soundboard, making me laugh before I go. Do we still have the Jeff cam?
0:42.0	Sometimes we'll have to do Jeff cam again. Sometimes we put a camera in here and the camera goes on, Jeff.
0:46.9	Shows him sleeping while he's supposed to be doing the soundboard, but that's not true, Jeff.
0:51.3	I apologize for that. I apologize for impugning you. We don't have Darren because, am I allowed to say why we don't have Darren? I don't know if I'm allowed to say why Darren's not around. What do you think, Shavon, you're big important. Yeah, I can say it? Yeah, sometimes we let people have time off around here when they have their sixth child. So Darren didn't actually carry the child or deliver the child.
1:12.6	His wife, Rina, did all of that, but baby number six is with, six, six is with, I'm having trouble saying baby number six is with us.
1:22.6	And we thank God for that and we pray for Rina and Darren and all the other kids who are super excited about getting a new sibling.
1:30.1	They got another sister, right?
1:32.6	So it's one boy followed by five sisters in that family and the sweetest people in the world.
1:40.1	All right, well, I'll tell you what we're going to do.
1:41.5	Ask Me Anything this hour, and Jim Blackburn is our guest. Jim has been a long time. As a matter of fact, I know exactly how long he's been doing this radio show. So we'll talk about that in a minute. But first, let me welcome Jim Blackburn. Hi, Jim Blackburn. Thanks for being here. Hi, Sy. Thank you. It's always great to be here. And congratulations to Darren. That's amazing. I didn't know, hadn't heard that news.
2:03.0	And it's amazing because they're, this is what I always think about with young families like that. Their oldest child is, I think, eight. So that means eight years ago, Darren's just a dude with no kids. And just eight years pass.
2:18.7	And now he's the father of six.
2:20.9	It's amazing.
2:22.4	It is.
2:22.9	It's beautiful.
2:24.1	Yeah.
2:24.8	He, I have to say, he looks a little tired.
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