My fiance and I want to get married in the catholic church. He was married in the church before and got divorc

Question

Will we still be able to get married in the church?

Answer 1

Has he actually had a formal dissolution through the Catholic church? If not, I would STRONGLY recommend that he go and speak with his priest NOW. It's a lengthy, difficult process, but it can in fact be done. Once you've officially had the marriage annulled in the church, then yes, you can receive the Sacrament of marriage and have it recognized.

Otherwise, if you just want the wedding to be held in a church, it's going to be at each bishop's discretion within each diocese as to whether or not that can happen. Some priests won't marry you without a full mass, and some will - you're going to get a TON of answers all saying different things. And because there's so much variation, again, you're best suited to speak with your priest.

Answer 2

Yes, if his marriage is declared null.

All previous marriages, civil or religious, have to be dealt with before someone can be married in the Catholic Church.

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.

Approach the appropriate person your in your parish who has been trained in the process. If you encounter difficulties, you may go directly to the diocese.

Be prayerful, honest and patient. It takes a while.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

Legally, and annulment through the State can only happen under very specific circumstances. It differs from state to state, but essentially you must prove that the marriage took place under fraud or that one of the parties was not of sound mind. The marriage also has to be under 1 year (at least in the state I live in). Also, if there is a pregnancy or children resulted from the union, there is no possibility of getting an annulment at all. There is no such thing as an annulment due to "irreconcilable differences" or even infidelity.

Obviously, there were no legal grounds for your fiance to get an annulment from his ex-wife, or he would have gotten an annulment instead of a divorce. As far as his options of getting a "church annulment" so that his marriage was annulled in the eyes of the catholic church, I think that is totally going to depend at least somewhat on the church authorities that he deals with. There are varying degrees of liberal and conservative in the catholic church. However, you must look at the spirit and not merely the letter of the law. He may be able to find a sort of "loop hole" or push an annulment through the church, but I think that misses the point of the church's rules entirely. It must be difficult to get an annulment through the catholic church, otherwise Henry VIII wouldn't have had to start the Church of England, would he?

I think that if you really want to marry your divorced fiance, you should do so in a secular ceremony. If you are totally obsessed with having a church wedding, maybe you need to find a church that agrees with you (such as almost any except catholic). The purpose of the marriage sacrament in the catholic church is sort of negated if he has all ready taken the sacrament and broken it before. You should still get married, no doubt, but don't have any illusions as to the religious meaning of it since it isn't something allowed by the catholic church.

Ultimately, I think you must ask yourself why it is so important to you to get married in the church. Is it the architecture/romance of the church that you want as a backdrop for your wedding, or is it the taking of the sacrament that is so important to you? If you just want the style of the church, why not rent out a wedding chappel or a different church that has the look you want. If it is the sacrament that you are concerned with -- you shouldn't marry a divorced man. Period.

Answer 4

If you want to get married in the Catholic church then his prior marriage MUST be annulled by the church.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Probably not. Unless it was annulled you can't. The Methodist church will be your best bet.That is what my parents had to do since my mother had been divorced. In case you didn't know an annullment can take years and is pretty expensive.

Answer 7

You will need to have any previous marriages annulled before getting married. Also, the priest has to deem you as good Christians before he will agree to marry you. After that you'll have a few sessions of premarital couseling with your priest.

Answer 8

They will charge you a fee to investigate to see if they will, when my wife and I wanted to get married in their church (I was divorced) they wanted $500. They had me fill out a VERY personal questioner and about halfway though I said forget it and we wound up getting married by a Greek Orthodox priest who was a bit more forgiving. So if it worth it too you you can try. Or maybe you could get away with a fib. (going to hell for telling you that)

Answer 9

Hope you are patient and can wait a LONG time. He has to see if he is eligible for an anulment, and go through a very long process. He should start by contacting his parish priest, and the process goes on from there.

Answer 10

Your fiance will have to get his first marriage annulled - which will be difficult since he's already divorced. Secondly you will have to convert to Catholicism if you are not already.