Is there a situation , such as a man beating his wife, or both are having affairs, where the catholic church will say a divorce is ok?
2007-02-20 22:44:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no prohibition against divorce in the Catholic Church.
There is a prohibition against a subsequent marriage, unless an anullment has been obtained for the previous one.
And that can be complicated, time consuming, and it's not always granted.
2007-02-21 03:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vatican does not support divorce, but they may issue annulments. In the eyes of the church, an annulment does not end a marriage. It renders it void, as if the marriage had never happened.
The Church may grant annulments for any of the following reasons:
It turns out that the married couple are related by blood.
One or both members were abducted and forced to marry against their will.
One or both people in the marriage are legally insane, to the point where they could not give legal consent.
One or both people in the marriage never intended to remain faithful when they were married.
One partner was decieved by the other before they were married, and they would not have married if they knew the truth.
It can be shown that the marriage did not take place under canon law (ie. it was not performed in a Catholic church with witnesses by a priest using the canonical marriage ceremony).
It can be proven that one of the partners had a former spouse and this former spouse was killed so that the couple could marry.
The couple committed adultery.
2007-02-20 23:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by marbledog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church believes that God does not recognize civil divorces.
Jesus said, "Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate." (Mark 10:9)
However there may be hope of a declaration of nullity.
The term "annulment" is a misnomer because the Church does not undo or erase a marriage bond.
Rather the Church issues a declaration of nullity when it discovers that the parties were not truly joined by God and hence a full spiritual sacramental marriage as understood by the Church was not present.
Then the parties are free to marry for the first time.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-23 18:13:19 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no. The Church will recommend that the couple pursue counseling and whatever other necessary measures to heal the relationship. The only way the Church will dissolve a marriage is if it is shown that the marriage sacrament was not valid when they first married. Usually, this is determined through the annulment process.
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2015-02-04 02:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infidelity is cause for divorce.. you can find info on that in the book of Matthew... the catholic church has an 'annulment' process where they ask you to pay them $$$ , find a few 'witnesses' who will say whatever you want them to say... and have them testify that your marriage was never a real marriage... and poof, you were never married?!?!?!?! sounds like garbage to me... if you made a vow to your spouse in front of God... and you consummated that marriage ... and even had children, it was a marriage of your own choosing. no manmade church can say it wasnt.. because God was there and saw that it was a marriage... the catholic church has lots of funny loopholes for people to jump thru according to their 'rules'... even if they don't line up with God's Word
2007-02-20 23:12:06 · answer #6 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Catholic can obtain a divorce if he/she can prove that there was deceit on the part of one of the spouses before the Sacrament of Matrmony was given.
Peace and every blessing!
2007-02-20 23:05:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has a lot more to do with the amount of money the person wanting the divorce is willing to pay than anything else.
If you have enough money the church will always allow the divorce.
Love and blessings Don
2007-02-20 22:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no situation where they will condone a divorce. You can apply to have the marriage annulled, but if there are children from the marriage, that might be very difficult.
2007-02-20 22:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only time they consent a divorce is when either partner threatens to convert if they won't allow the divorce to go through!
2007-02-20 22:54:46 · answer #10 · answered by Pabs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋