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Does the Catholic Church recognize the marriage of a man who converts to Catholicism if his wife does not convert?
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Normally, yes, provided that the marriage was considered valid by the Catholic Church prior to his conversion. Please consult catholic.com for further reading.
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Does the Catholic church recognize a marriage in another faith if the husband converts to Catholicism?
The Church will recognize it as long as it is the first marriage for either party. Otherwise an annulment will have to be obtained.
If you have converted to Catholicism will the church recognize your extant marriage to a non-Catholic?
If neither one of you were ever divorced, the Church will recognize the marriage. Even if one of you were divorced, an annulment can still be obtained. The Church generally recognizes marriages between non-Catholics as valid. The requirement to have a Catholic marriage only applies if at least one of the parties is Catholic at the time of marriage. The Catholic Church also teaches that non-Catholic marriages between non-Catholics cannot be dissolved except in extreme cases.
Can a Catholic receive communion if married to a non Catholic in a civil service?
No, the person or couple needs to regularize their marriage in the Catholic Church. The Church does not recognize a civil marriage. Talk with the parish priest.
Does the Catholic Church recognize marriages on a boat?
If the marriage was conducted by a Catholic priest or deacon, yes. However, the Church generally prefers a marriage take place in Church.
What is a Catholic blessing of non Catholic marriage?
Catholics do not recognize non-catholic marriages as blessed or sacramental. Which sounds bad, but no other churches besides the Anglicans, Catholics, and Orthodox consider marriage a sacrament anyway.
Can a Protestant who marries a Catholic man in a Catholic ceremony take Communion after their Marriage?
Only if you have converted to Catholicism, been catechized, baptized, and received First Holy Communion in a Catholic Church.
Does the catholic church recognize a fourth marriage?
Yes, but only if the first three were declared invalid by the church or the marriage ended due to death of a spouse
Does the Catholic Church recognize a marriage between and Anglican and a Catholic if preformed by a priest?
Yes, of course, as long as a Catholic priest is performing the ceremony, then all the paperwork would be in order before he began.
Can you remarry in the Catholic Church even if your marriage has not been annulled?
You can not marry in the Catholic Church and are considered as an adulterer if you marry without an annulment. The Church does not recognize civil divorce.
What is the protocol for a Roman catholic and a Episcopalian to get married?
As a Catholic, you cannot be validly married anywhere else besides a Roman Catholic church. If you get permission from your Episcopalian Bishop, the Episcopal Church will recognize your marriage in a Roman Catholic church.
Is Race-Mixing considered to be a sinful or prohibited practice in Roman Catholicism Marriage with Jews for example is under diriment impediment?
In the Catholic Church there is no law or sin associated with races mixing through the fulfillment of the sacrament of marriage. What is discouraged and sinful - if a dispensation is not properly secured - is the mixing of religions. A diriment impediment exists in cases where: * A Catholic marries someone who is not baptized. * A Catholic marries someone who is baptized, but who is not a Catholic (this can happen, but an official dispensation must first be procured from the proper Church authorities. Because their religion is so intimately connected to their nationality, often people assume someone of Jewish heritage or nationality is of Jewish religious belief and practice. Someone of Jewish heritage who converts to Catholicism is a Catholic in religion and can validly marry whomever they will, of any race, providing the above conditions are observed.
Does Louisiana recognize common-law marriage?
No. Louisiana does not recognize common law marriage.
