Answer: Unfortunately, too many people today Catholics and non-Catholics alike mistakenly believe that divorce separates one from the Communion of the Church and that divorced persons may not receive Communion.However, as the Church has communicated in a number of places, the issue at hand is not the reality of divorce, but is . This means that the task of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome [the Pope]. For a variety of reasons such annulments often cannot be obtained. There is a strong biblical basis for the canonical (ecclesiastically legal) process to determine if a first sacramental marriage was indeed a valid marriage. //-->