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Archbishops of San Francisco and Denver must grant a “nihil obstat,” a declaration the church has no moral objection to a transaction.

In Spain, for example, nonresidents may be married in a Catholic church if they obtain a nihil obstat, a document declaring that the bishop of their church at home does not object.

No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed.

I mean it depends on his permission; his imprimatur; his nihil obstat.

The archbishops awarded the merger a “nihil obstat,” a Latin term meaning they have no moral objections to the transaction.