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In the eyes of the state, yes the marriage is legal. The religious affiliation of the couple being married has no bearing on a marriage sanctioned by the state.

In regards to the Catholic Church, the civil divorce of the Catholic in question does not dissolve the marriage, therefore that person is still bound in marriage to their spouse. There is no such thing as a divorce in the Catholic Church. The only option is called annulment, which is not a divorce, but instead a finding that the person was never validly married in the first place.

Thus, remarriage of a divorced Catholic is invalid. A person who does so would be committing the sin of adultery against their actual spouse to whom they are still married in the eyes of God.

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Does a person who is married in the Catholic Church divorces and remarries outside of the Catholic Church and is now divorced go to communion?

your marriage outside of the Catholic church is invalid due to improper form. your 1st marriage in the church nullified it. If you are divorced and are a practicing Catholic, you may receive communion as long as you remain faithful to your 1st spouse. This would be the situation for any divorced Catholic. You are not free to marry without nullifying the first marriage.


Can a Catholic be divorced?

Yes. Although the church frowns upon divorce, the divorced Catholic remains a Catholic and can continue to receive all the sacraments, unless the Catholic remarries without formal permission of the Church (annulment).


Can one divorce after being married in the Church?

The Catholic Church does not recognize divorce. If one obtains a civil divorce the Catholic Church considers the couple as only separated. If a divorced Catholic remarries without an annulment that person is guilty of adultery and may no longer receive the sacraments.


Can a Roman Catholic divorced bride and Protestant Groom get married in a church of her selection?

Yes, as long as she does not choose a Catholic Church. She will have to find a church that will perform an interdenominational wedding of divorced persons. The Catholic Church will not.


You are divorced can you marry in a catholic church?

no


If a Catholic is divorced legally but not through the church and then marries a divorced non-Catholic what must they do to be accepted into the Roman Catholic church?

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.


You want to marry a Catholic woman and you are divorced and non Catholic?

The Church will not marry a Catholic to someone who is divorced because it is a sin.


Can a divorced Protestant become a Catholic nun?

A divorced Protestant woman can not take communion in the Catholic church. According to the Catholic church a divorced woman is committing adultery and can not become a nun.


Can a divorced Catholic receive communion if they did not marry in a Catholic church in the first place.?

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My Catholic son married a non Catholic in a non-denominational church he is divorced and is now planning to remarry a Catholic in the Catholic church is this allowed?

A divorced man/ woman cannot get married in the catholic church again. The sacrament of matrimony can be received only once in the Roman Catholic Church.


How can a man who had origingally been married in a Catholic Church then divorced and remarried be buried with a mass in the Catholic church?

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Can a divorced woman be Catholic?

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