pregnant and wanting to marry

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I am a born catholic and married a catholic man in the courthouse in Mexico. No church ceromony took place. We are divorced and got divorced through the united states. While I was married to my husband I fell in love with another man. This other man is a born catholic and married a non-catholic in a non-catholic church. He is now divorced too. We are wanting to get married in the Catholic church and I am also pregnant with his child. Is this possible.

-- gloria (galvarado_19@yahoo.com), July 17, 2003

Answers

Gloria,

It does sound like both of the marriages you described can be granted a decree of nullity due to lack of canonical form (i.e. Catholics marrying outside the Church).

Please visit your local pastor for further instructions.

By the way, it can take up to 18 months for the tribunal to rule on an annulment. I hope you are willing to wait.

-- Glenn (glenn@nospam.com), July 18, 2003.


Hi Gloria,

While, as the earlier reply comments, this may be possible, why would you want to do that? Marriage in the Catholic Church is not a matter of appearances or convenience. Think carefully about your past actions, repentenance and intent for the future before you make a decision. When God condemns divorce and adultery, it really is a serious matter.

I don't mean to sound harsh, and only God can judge your motives, but think carefully about how you are living your life.

-- Steve (Steve@mtep.com), July 18, 2003.


No offense, but I doubt she came to the board to here you talk to her about her life. Honestly, I'm sure God isn't that disappointed and is probably happy to hear that she is trying to remarry the "correct" way.

-- N/A (mike13@yahoo.com), July 18, 2003.

"No offense, but I doubt she came to the board to here you talk to her about her life. Honestly, I'm sure God isn't that disappointed and is probably happy to hear that she is trying to remarry the "correct" way."

Yes offense. Your opinion is based upon what? Do you understand that your 'honesty' is delusion and your 'probably' is definitely NOT based upon what is specifically known truth and is therefore false and you therefore are incorrect completely...

-- Daniel Hawkenberry (dlm@catholic.org), July 19, 2003.


For some reason my post was deleted, but I stand by what I said. Telling people what they want to hear is not the point of a catholic. If one person reminds them of the seriousness of the acts commited and tries to show the light, who knows if one day that person would find the light again? A catholic should not be giving answers to matter of serious nature like this, in the way of "yes" and "no". Some one should have pointed out what is obvious. I am surprised that no one did that yet. Something seems to be wrong.

-- Abraham T (lijothengil@yahoo.com), July 20, 2003.


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