Dignitas connubii

Purpose

According to Cardinal Julián Herranz, then-president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts which issued the instruction, the purpose of Dignitas connubii was to give the ministers of justice (tribunal officers) a practical and convenient guide for handling tribunal work in matrimonial nullity processes. It was intended to serve the same purpose that a similar instruction, Provida Mater, had in 1936 under the 1917 Code of Canon Law.