Church hierarchs may have taught, more or less strongly in various councils, that divorced that individuals cannot join in new, sexually active relationships, but as far as I know, there is no definitive, unchangeable translation of the Greek clause, "...mē epi porneia...," which in only a small minority of translations, including the NRSV translation used in Catholic liturgies, translates as "...except in the case of unlawful marriage...." In fact, the overwhelming majority of English-language translations of the Bible translate this clause as, "...except in the case of adultery...." My opinion on this disparity of translations is not that the Catholic Church hierarchy has condemned all instances of remarriage *because of* the former translation of the Greek; rather, the hierarchy has approved this translation because they have incompletely interpreted the passage in question and sought to justify it with a fitting translation. It's quite myopic, perhaps even dishonest, in my opinion.