Apostolic Blessing for wedding anniversary if mixed marriage?

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So I was going to ask for an Apostolic Blessing for a couple who have their marriage convalidated in the Catholic Church, but only one of whom is Catholic (the other is Protestant and considering conversion). The Blessing asks for a Declaration of Eligibility from the person requesting it:
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On the instructions page it explains:
the person ordering the parchment is asked to make a “declaration of eligibility” (in other words, that the persons for whom the Blessing is intended are both Catholic and practicing), expressed simply by a short declaration, by one’s own responsibility, agreeing to the necessary conditions.
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Does this mean that it cannot be requested if only one of the two are practicing Catholics, but their marriage is convalidated?

There is a phone number on the website that I can call, but the office doesn’t open for about seven hours and I thought maybe someone here might know.
 
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I’m not certain, but I don’t see anything in what you’ve posted that would exclude the couple. The blessing (based on the above) would only apply to the Catholic party, perhaps; and to take my guessing-game one step further, I wonder if the blessing would “take effect” for the other party upon being received into the Church(?)
 
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An Apostolic Blessing? Do you mean a Pontifical Blessing?

edit: nevermind. I see you’re getting a written version.
 
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Our diocese directs us to the Office of Papal Charities in the Vatican. I forgot to call there by 2 p.m. CEST so I’ll try tomorrow.

@Cor_ad_Cor exactly what I was thinking. I’ll ask the office and post what they say.
 
So I called the office and they said that it doesn’t matter if the other spouse is not a practicing Catholic, as long as one of them is and their marriage was in the Catholic Church or convalidated.
 
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