Catholics is it true that if you were pregnant before,and now you want to get married..you cannot? And if you are not married in the Catholic church your baby cannot be baptized?
2007-08-06 10:21:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, and, No
First, God is God of forgiveness. If you ask forgiveness for sins of the past it will be given to you.
Second, you don't have to actually get married in the Church to baptize your baby as a Catholic. But, at least ONE parent must be a practicing Catholic. A baptized baby is baptized on the faith of his/her parents until the child is old enough to be confirmed and make the faith his/her own.
2007-08-06 10:24:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Marriage: To freely consent to be married, there must be no pressure. Some priests will not marry a couple if the woman is currently pregnant out of concern that the pregnancy is influencing their decision, but having a child out of wedlock in itself is not an impediment.
Baptism: There is no requirement that the parents be married, just that there be "a founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion." (Canon 868.1.2) If the parents are sexually active outside of a marriage recognized by the Church, there may be questions about how well the child will be brought up in a religion his parents are not practicing.
2007-08-06 10:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and no. In fact, that's just what happened, and we were married in the Catholic Church. AND the baby was baptized.
2007-08-06 10:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
euuu no , well it all depends in wich kind of community you are. Some people have much stonger beliefs and live by much stronger rules than others. However , I have never heard why a catholic can't be married if she was pregnant before. If her previous husband died she can allways remarry. And the baptism of your baby has nothing to do with the place where YOU marry. Everyone , no mather what age , can get baptised
2007-08-06 10:27:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage: To freely consent to be married, there could be no rigidity. some priests won't marry a pair if the lady is at present pregnant out of shock that the being pregnant is influencing their selection, yet having a toddler out of wedlock in itself isn't an impediment. Baptism: there is not any requirement that the father and mom be married, in basic terms that there be "a based desire that the toddler would be reported interior the Catholic faith." (Canon 868.a million.2) If the father and mom are sexually lively outdoors of a marriage acknowledged via the Church, there is questions approximately how properly the youngster would be reported in a faith his father and mom are no longer practising.
2016-10-14 05:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The Catholic Church will baptize any child where there is a founded hope that the child will be brought up in the Catholic religion.
With love in Christ.
2007-08-06 18:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the first question - No. A former pregnancy has no bearing on later marriage.
Second question - That is correct. In such a case the Church will work with you to have your marriage validated and to have your child baptized. The Church is concerned about the spiritual health of your whole family.
2007-08-06 10:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They can give you a VERY hard time about it. My parish priest (a monsignor) wouldn't baptize my son because his father and I weren't married. He called every other parish that was close to us in our diocese and some in the next diocese and requested that they not baptize him either. I had to take him 60 miles away to a priest who was a family friend and he asked us to keep it as quiet as possible because of the monsignor making a big deal of it. This was a long time ago, but I know people who have gone through the same thing since then so it really depends on the priest and the parish you live in.
2007-08-06 10:31:56 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
this is not true. my cousin (actually two of them) were both pregnant when they were married and another was pregnant and notmarried and then married AND their cchild was baptized. the Rcc does not look at the child as being unable to be baptized if their parents are not married or even if the other parent doesn't participate.
2007-08-06 10:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by Marysia 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No that is not true. You just ask for forgiveness of your sins and they should...and I say should...be forgiven.
Your child CAN be baptized if you're not Catholic. Why would they punish the child for the sins of the mother?
2007-08-06 10:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋