Posted on 09/20/2014 5:54:47 PM PDT by narses
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Wow, I even think annulment is abused.
I realize how difficult it must be for people in this situation, but let’s face it, nobody said life dosn’t have difficulties.
You're right you've got a problem, dude. There are too many people in your flock who stand before God and vow to remain married until death do them part, then decide some time later that a vow before God isn't all that important after all.
Making it easier and more acceptable for them to break those vows ain't gonna help any of them. It ain't gonna help you when you stand before God, either.
Thank God that his Church is not run by a democracy. That said, this poll is useless ... if one is living in mortal sin, one should not present themselves for communion. That will never change.
Pardon my language, but what the f#&% does that mean?
They’re just going to give up and go with the flow, like a dead fish going downstream.
Freep those polls!
I’m not Catholic and I’m genuinely curious. How would the following situation be managed by the Catholic Church?
A man and a woman marry. They produce a child. Two years later, when the child is 3 months old, the man comes home from work and tells the woman, “I made a mistake. I don’t want this. I’m divorcing you.”
He walks out. She goes home to her parents. He files for a civil divorce two weeks later.
According to the Catholic Church, what happens to the young woman? When can she remarry?
Assuming that the marriage is valid, when the man dies.
The wife can receive the Sacraments as long as she doesn’t remarry.
In the situation you describe, an annulment would like be quite easy, since the marriage may not have been valid from the beginning.
Should divorced and civilly remarried Catholics be allowed to receive Communion? (4,040 votes)
Yes: 67% (2,699)
No: 33% (1,341)
from what i was taught
WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER.
She can have it annulled and remarry.That is if they were married in the church.If it was a civil ceremony it goes much faster.I think the Bishop brings out some good points to be resolved.
Suppose a person does not receive the sacraments. Can they still be saved?
Why wouldn’t a Catholic want to receive the Sacraments?
They are a source of grace.
Pardon me, but what in our doctrine, in our canon law or on God's earth would lead you or anyone else to believe that a years-long Catholic marriage that produces a child should get an "easy" annulment and was not "valid from the beginning?"
To put it another way, what church is it that you belong to that would so easily make innocent children bastards?
Those are rhetorical questions BTW. I know my catechism well enough to not be interested in your answer.
Yes you can go to confession and be in a state of grace.The crazy thing about this is one partner does not want to divorce.They are force to through our courts.My sister received the last Rites and she was married to a divorced man for 40 years.His wife divorced him and he didn’t want it.He was also a non-catholic and felt with an annulment it would label his kids.He would not annul-she died in a state of grace.
Suppose a person does not receive the sacraments. Can they still be saved, yes or no?
What about him?
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