Americans accounted for about half of the nearly 50, 000 annulments granted in 2012, the latest year for which statistics are available.
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Without the annulments, Catholics who remarry are not allowed to receive Holy Communion, which many describe as a painful exclusion from the church's chief sacrament.
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Annulments are currently too expensive for anyone but the rich to contemplate.