[notdownwidems]

But don't you get divorced, by God! You are cut off from the sacraments for life if you do...unless you pay the mordida, that is!

[vladimir998]

“But don’t you get divorced, by God! You are cut off from the sacraments for life if you do...unless you pay the mordida, that is!”

That’s completely false. Being divorced does not cut you off from the sacraments. If you divorce and remarry outside of the Church, that is a different story because then you’re nothing more than shacked up in the Church’s point of view. Once again, just to make this clear: BEING DIVORCED DOES NOT CUT YOU OFF FROM THE SACRAMENTS.

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/may-a-person-who-is-divorced-but-not-remarried-receive-communion

http://www.catholic.com/blog/jim-blackburn/receiving-the-sacraments-after-divorce-and-remarriage

[Mrs. Don-o]

That's nuts. Being divorced does not incur excommunication; it does not have any ecclesiastical penalty at all; because it is not per se a sin. You could be the innocent partner. Or you could have gotten a civil divorce for a good reason (e.g. your own physical safety.)

However, having relations with someone not your spouse (e.g. the second "marital" "partner") while your original spouse is still alive, Jesus called, three different times, adultery (Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11-122; Luke 16:18)

That's where the excommunication comes from, the second marriage: ongoing, civilly-licensed, open adultery.

[Dr. Sivana]

But don't you get divorced, by God! You are cut off from the sacraments for life if you do...unless you pay the mordida, that is!

As you know, civil divorce is tolerated, but not divorce and attempted remarriage.

I have a family member who tried to "pay the mordida" to get his valid marriage declared null. The church's response was "No dice, pal".

Even Sheila Rauch Kennedy eventually received justice, getting the Kennedy annulment overturned. Corrupt, ignorant or incompetant tribunals does not mean there is anything wrong with the underlying code.