Table of contents
1. Considerations on the mutual influence between jurisprudence and the socio-cultural context - 2. Secularization and jurisprudence of ecclesiastical courts - 3. The cultural consequences of the introduction of the so-called "easy" and "short" divorce in the Italian legal system - 4. The reform of the canonical matrimonial process between pastoral needs and trends adapted to "modern times" - 5. Brief considerations on the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia - 6. Conclusions

Abstract
The contribution examines the reform of the canonical matrimonial process carried out by the Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus and by the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia and underlines how the affirmation of a need to streamline the procedure is the sign of the need, corresponding to a changed cultural structure, to provide rapid and almost immediate responses to marriage crises.