Does a Catholic who was granted an annulment need to get remarried inside of the Church?

Answer 1

The only time you need to have an annulment is if one or both of you were married in the Catholic Church

Answer: Yes you'll need to obtain an official decree of annulment from the Catholic Church before you can be married again, this time in the Church. Such an annulment can be obtained pretty quickly though. Contact your parish priest.

Answer 2

If the Catholic was granted an annulment, that means he or she was never married in the first place, thus there is no "remarriage". That sounds like a technicality, but it is an important point that needs to be understood regarding annulments.

Catholics are obliged to be married within the Catholic Church. A Catholic can only validly marry in the Catholic Church, via a Catholic ceremony, witnessed by a Catholic priest. Thus, if the Catholic who has received an annulment wishes to marry, he or she must do so according to their religion, which dictates it be within the Church.

Answer 3

Yes. The reason is that marriage, in the Catholic Church, is viewed as an unbreakable bond between a man and a woman. An annulment is not a "Catholic divorce." Rather, it is a pronouncement that says a valid marriage never actually happened, because something was wrong at the time of the sacrament. One or both of the people didn't intend a true Catholic marriage (a faithful, lifelong bond in order to become one and to raise a family), someone was coerced into the marriage either by another person or by the influence of drugs, alcohol, or a psychological condition, or something else was wrong. Annulments usually arise out of something like infidelity, abuse, etc. Something serious. You don't get an annulment just because you and your spouse decide you don't get along. An annulment says the original marriage didn't happen so that you can get married for the first time, again.

Answer 4

Regardless of where you were married, if you are a Catholic and wish to remarry you will need an annulment. If you are not a catholic and intend to marry a Catholic then you will also need an annulment.

A Catholic annulment, also known as a declaration of nullity or invalidity, is a statement of fact by the Catholic Church. After carefully examining the couple's broken relationship, the Church states that a valid marriage, as the Church defines marriage, never existed. It is not "Catholic divorce," as some have called it, since divorce looks at the moment the relationship broke down and says, "A marriage existed, and now we are ending it." The annulment process says, on the other hand, "From the very beginning, something was lacking that was necessary for this relationship to be called a marriage."


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Answer 5

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Catholic AnswerA Catholic may not "remarry" ever if he is still validly married to a living person. An annulment is a Church declaration that no valid marriage ever took place, so that person would be free to marry. If a Catholic is married, he may not remarry anyone as long as he is married. Marriage is lifelong, and that is the way that God made it, and men are unable to change it.