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To: Poison Pill
"If Newt is twice divorced how can he get married Catholic?"

The Church doesn't recognize marriages that did not take place in the church, so they essentially never happened.

49 posted on 03/09/2009 11:40:24 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

The Church presumes all Christian marriages to be valid until shown otherwise; the divorce culture has made this presumption increasingly shaky, but it still holds.


51 posted on 03/09/2009 11:42:47 AM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Natural Law
The Church doesn't recognize marriages that did not take place in the church, so they essentially never happened.

That depends who the parties are. Marriages outside of the Church between parties who are not Catholic are recognized as valid by the Church. For a Catholic to marry outside of the Church either a dispensation for disparity of cult; Catholic and non-Christian, or permission for a mixed marriage; Catholic and non-Catholic Christian, is needed.

60 posted on 03/09/2009 12:35:13 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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