ABSTRACT

This contribution takes into consideration the concordatary marriage in the light of the ‘universality’ of ecclesiastical jurisdiction and under the specific aspect of the experience of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in the matter of conassignment of the decree of enforceability, for the purposes of the deliverance in Italy of canonical judgments of matrimonial nullity.

From this point of view, personalities’ of canon law and the correct administration of ecclesiastical justice become significant elements in the interpretation of the particular inter-ordinational institute of the decree of enforceability of the supreme judicial body of the Holy See, in the case of a request – for the establishment of a procedure for deliveration in Italy – by faithful whose marriage has been declared invalid by ecclesiastical tribunals located in Liberia, Canada, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain and Switzerland.