To: NYer; sandyeggo
A hypothetical....
There is a priest. He is asked to "co-preside" at the wedding of his nephew. It is to be held at a Lutheran Church and the woman is divorced. This will be her second marriage and the children resulting will be raised Lutheran.
Can the priest attend and "Witness" the wedding? One last thing, he baptized his nephew and saw him raised in the Faith.
25 posted on
03/27/2007 11:43:06 AM PDT by
Frank Sheed
("Shakespeare the Papist" by Fr. Peter Milward, S.J.)
To: Frank Sheed
There is a priest. He is asked to "co-preside" at the wedding of his nephew. It is to be held at a Lutheran Church and the woman is divorced. This will be her second marriage and the children resulting will be raised Lutheran. No!
28 posted on
03/27/2007 12:06:43 PM PDT by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: Frank Sheed
There is a priest. He is asked to "co-preside" at the wedding of his nephew. It is to be held at a Lutheran Church and the woman is divorced. This will be her second marriage and the children resulting will be raised Lutheran. Can the priest attend and "Witness" the wedding?Short answer, no.
Long answer, yes, with two conditions - (1) the woman have her marriage annulled, if possible, so that she is actually qualified to be married, (2) the couple promise to raise their children as Catholics.
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