Pope Francis allowing easier process to get a marriage anull

he’s allowing a new fast-track procedure for annulling marriages. this change overhauls 300 hundred years of a church practice many catholics were saying was costly and time consuming. abc-7’s jerry najera is live outside st. patrick catholic church with the story … rick estela for many people walking through doors of a church like this one and getting married before the eyes of god is the most holy union. but breaking that holy union could take years. pope francis is speeding up the process. holy matrimony it can bring great joy and happiness. but the phrase till death do us part doesn’t always work for everyone. and getting a marriage annuled through the catholic church since the 1700’s has required a tribunal or a “church court” bo parties have to answer a questioneer. about 75 questions a case usually takes a year to be heard locally then there’s an automatic appeal and the case is heard by an apellate court in san antonio. “min took about two and a half years to get done which is really quick because i’ve heard people it’s taken 5,6,7 years” john ross has been a life long catholic. a devoted man to church and god he’s even spends some time in the church choir. “i had been married in the church before and my current wife and i wanted to be married in the church so we had to go through this process” for ross it wa costly- some can spend hundreds of dollars for the annulment and it isn’t easy “it’s ver personnal and very discriptive and some people don’t want to go through that personnal and very discriptive and some people don’t want to go through that because it brings up a lot of issues maybe past scars that have healed it brings the past back” tuesday pope francis announced not only would he speed up the process but also make it free. bishop mark seitz told me in a statement .. “everyone was hopefull that the holy father would find a way to streamline the annulment process. the synod made the request last fall. i am dlighted with todays announcement” ross tells me as long as the ideals of the process haven’t changed he welcomes the new change. “the issues can b taken care at a local level and that’s the value in this so things can get done quicker and people can move on with their lives” pope francis said the reform is aimed at simplyfying and speeding up the process so the faithful can find justice and the overall goal is the salvation of souls. tonight an abc news exclusive with hillary clinton — facing one of the toughest moments of her campaign — as