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To: Mrs. Don-o
Don't ask me; I'm just a Catholic laymen.

Why don't you ask a Catholic pope?

10. So, Venerable Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics: for the union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it. To the one true Church of Christ, we say, which is visible to all, and which is to remain, according to the will of its Author, exactly the same as He instituted it. During the lapse of centuries, the mystical Spouse of Christ has never been contaminated, nor can she ever in the future be contaminated, as Cyprian bears witness: "The Bride of Christ cannot be made false to her Spouse: she is incorrupt and modest. She knows but one dwelling, she guards the sanctity of the nuptial chamber chastely and modestly."[20] The same holy Martyr with good reason marveled exceedingly that anyone could believe that "this unity in the Church which arises from a divine foundation, and which is knit together by heavenly sacraments, could be rent and torn asunder by the force of contrary wills."[21] For since the mystical body of Christ, in the same manner as His physical body, is one,[22] compacted and fitly joined together,[23] it were foolish and out of place to say that the mystical body is made up of members which are disunited and scattered abroad: whosoever therefore is not united with the body is no member of it, neither is he in communion with Christ its head.[24] Pope Pius ; MORTALIUM ANIMOS

43 posted on 06/23/2017 12:07:58 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: ebb tide
Actually, I wanted to know what you think. What about Catholic/nonCatholic marriages (assuming them both to be baptized)? Licit or not? Valid or not?

What about the spouses praying together? Forbidden?

45 posted on 06/23/2017 12:15:39 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (He that falls into sin, is a man; he that grieves it, is a saint; he that boasts of it, is a devil.)
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