Can a Catholic who marries a divorced person still take communion?

Answer 1

Yes, IF the divorced person's prior bond was declared null and IF the Church recognizes the current marriage and IF the Catholic is in a state of grace. If what you are really asking is "Can someone who is committing adultery and has no intention of stopping receive communion?", the answer is NO.

Answer 2

It all depends.

The Catholic woman in question has to be aware that the man she is marrying is a divorcee, and that such a contingency constitutes the sin of adultry in the eyes of the Catholic Church.
If she is aware of all this, and marries anyway, she is committing a mortal sin and should not take Communion.

If the Catholic woman in question marries this man without knowing he is a divorcee and/or without knowing marrying a divorced person constitutes the sin of adultry, the sin may not be mortal in nature. Therefore, it is possible for the woman to still receive Communion at mass, because she is not fully aware of the gravity of the sin in question.

Answer 3

I think it depends on a lot of things if you married another Catholic, and there were no kids in the previous marriage, and you were married by a priest - you will have less of a problem. If you didn't well New Catholicism is still a bit more flexible than old school. To be sure ask someone with inside knowledge like a priest. The Church will do everything to keep you and your significant other in the fold. PBWU

Answer 4

When you say marries a divorced person, I trust that you are saying they were not married in the Catholic Church because in order for that any question would have been taken care of. I f they were not married in the Catholic Church and the marriage was not convalidated, I would say that the answer would be no if they continued to live as man and wife.

Answer 5

As in Catholic, in the Orthodox Church nobody is ex-communicated forever. There are certain unrepented sins that prevent a person from being admitted to the Holy Eucharist, but marrying a divorced person is not one of them.

Besides the ceremony of second marriage (I assume the same or similar as in the Orthodox Church) is very different than the ceremony of the first marriage. When it is the second time it looks more like a ceremony of repentance.

Answer 6

Not if the divorced person hasn't received an official annulment of the previous marriage, and not if the Catholic has been previously married and has not received an annulment.

Answer 7

I thought it was a no.. I went through it.. I'll tell you what my priest said. He said.. "That's between you and God".. People make mistakes etc.. the annulment process is what the church wants the divorced person to do.. That's if he or she was married in the Catholic Church. Personally. No one is perfect.. I'd go ahead and receive communion. God forgives..

Answer 8

I don't think so. A friend of mine got divorced, she was Catholic and she was denied communion. I think that is cruel, communion is for the believers in the Church, not just the single and married ones.

Answer 9

The latest answer I've heard on this is "let your conscience be your guide"
When Jesus said "do this in memory of me" he never said "only if you're not married to a divorced person."
Only God knows what's in a persons heart and only God can judge whether a person may partake of a religious practice that they find helpful in their spiritual walk. No one else has a right to make that judgement.

Answer 10

Leave the catholics and then you don't have to worry about that. No man can forgive sins. Only Jesus can do that. So believe in Him, not some bunch of people.

And don't forget that taking communion doesn't save your soul. Believing in Jesus does that, only it can.

Cursed is the man who fears man, but blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.