Marriage annulment in RP declining

[A_flyer]

Marriage annulment in RP declining (Philippines Star, January 7, 2008)

There was a decline in the number of marriages annulled last year, according to Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz...
Read more here: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080106111

[KeithD]

I'm surprised they manage to keep statistics with everything spread around, and corruption probably means they are not added.

[IanB]

I am hoping to do my best to keep the statistics HIGH this year!

(Actually, having read the article I think it means nothing - it refers to just one part of the Philippines and ONLY to annulments done by the church, not to civil annulments which, I think, are much much more common.)

Ian

[andypaul]

I would have thought like Ian says that the Church is putting some spin on it no one ever publishes a suvey which doesn't show what they want us to see.