A Mexican couple together for 46 have finally been able to
have a religious wedding after the Pope reformed laws that made it hard for
divorcees to remarry.
Pablo Ibarra, 75, and 65-year-old Francisca Santiago wed at
a church in the little village of Santa Ana in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The couple were joined together in a civil ceremony in 1970,
but because the process for annulling Mr Ibarra's first marriage was so
complicated they thought it would not be possible to confirm their union in
church.
But after Pope Francis brought in the simplified rules on
December 8, 2015, Mr Ibarra was able to convince a bishop to have his first
marriage annulled.


















