Catholic question for BM or anyone else

zsazsa-stl

If you are a Catholic woman who wants to marry a non-Catholic divorced man, is there any way to get married in the church?

TheDuckis

Well if his first marriage wasn't in a church I don't think it's recognized anyway. But Catholics are dumb, so he might still need to get an annulment.

6fsn

I'm 99% certain he needs to have his 1st marraige annulled. 

zsazsa-stl

His first marriage was in a protestant church.

baconsmom

His marriage will have to be declared invalid. I'm not sure if that requires the annulment process - if he's Christian, I believe it does - but there should be some process by which they can prepare themselves for a marriage with the Church. She needs to contact her diocese's Office of Marriage and Family, and they'll be able to tell her the next steps.

Butter Cookie

Zsa are you becoming a bigomist?

6fsn

Wow duckis.  That was quite the harsh statement.

imoan

TheDuckis:

Well if his first marriage wasn't in a church I don't think it's recognized anyway. But Catholics are dumb, so he might still need to get an annulment.

Ouch. I guess I'm going to go sit in the corner with my dunce cap on.  And it makes it even worse because I decided to become Catholic as an adult.

baconsmom

Duckis is having a crisis of faith, peoples. It's her issue, not yours. I wouldn't take offense.

TheDuckis

Sorry. As you can see I'm having some conflicts with my Catholicism. What I mean is that some of the rules are contradictory. If a Catholic doesn't get married inside a church it's not valid (even though where ever two or more of you gather in My name, there I am). But if a non-Catholic was once married outside a church they have to jump through all kinds of hoops to get it invalidated. 

H isn't Catholic, but that fact was outside of our priest's realm of understanding. I'm still a little annoyed at all the proselytizing they put him through.  

zsazsa-stl

Butter Cookie:

Zsa are you becoming a bigomist?

 I'm only in the information gathering stage right now.  But keep your fingers crossed for me!!! TIA!

TheDuckis

And to further clarify, I didn't mean to say Catholic people are dumb. I still consider myself a Catholic. I meant that the church has some really silly policies. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

6fsn

I can agree that some of the policies are different and I don't always agree.  That just wasn't really your first statement.  No harm though.

Butter Cookie

 

ootmother2

If he is Christian and was married in a Christian ceremony, he needs an annulment in the Catholic Church.  It's much easier than the annulment of a marriage between two Catholics but still a PITA