No. Same-sex marriage has always been regarded as an abomination by the Catholic church.
No. Same-sex marriage has always been viewed as an abomination by the Catholic church.
No. Same-sex marriage has always been regarded as an abomination by the Catholic church.
No. Same-sex marriage has always been viewed as an abomination by the Catholic church.
Catholic priests have always had the authority to perform marriages but I am assuming they are licensed to perform marriages when they are ordained. Marriage, or matrimony, is one of the Seven Sacraments of the Church. Also, Catholic priests do not perform marriages but they actually witness them.
Yes, it does.
Both persons' first marriages must be annulled by Church, and then the couple must marry with a Catholic ceremony. If either of the first marriages are found valid by the Church and are not annulled, then the Catholic and divorced non-Catholic cannot validly marry in the eyes of the Church.
Yes, as in the case of a non Catholic Christian married in another church and divorced who wants to marry in the catholic church
The Catholic Church recognizes all legal marriages between baptized Christians. Churches do not marry people. People marry people and the priest/minister is a witness.
If your first two marriages get annulled.
If the marriage was conducted by a Catholic priest or deacon, yes. However, the Church generally prefers a marriage take place in Church.
Yes--the Mormon Church and the Catholic Church lobbied successfully in California to ban gay marriages.
For the same reason Jewish marriages are celebrated in a synagogue and Muslim marriages are celebrated in a mosque. Marriage, when celebrated as a sacred rite or ritual, is celebrated within the religion of the celebrants and participants.
No, because it does not sanctify same sex marriages. They can not be and therefore there is nothing to annul.
It doesn't teach anything, a marriage is a marriage.
All marriages between non-Catholics are recognized as valid by the Catholic Church. In case of non-Catholic baptized persons, all marriages (also civil marriages!) are recognized as sacramental marriages. In case of non-baptized people, they are recognized as valid, but not sacramental marriages. For baptized Catholics, there is a requirement of form in order to have a valid sacramental marriage. If you have married without observing these requirements or without getting a dispensation from the Church authorities, then your marriage is considered invalid. It can be recognized retroactively by the Church though, in a short ceremony which is called "sanatio in radice" (healing at the root). Ask your local Catholic pastor about it!