Can a catholic divorce?

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Canon law distinguishes valid and sacramental marriage. All sacramental marriages are valid, but not all valid marriages are sacramental. For example a marriage of two unbaptized persons is valid, yet not sacramental. And there are two ways a non-sacramental valid bond can be dissolved in favor of faith - Privilegium Paulinum and Privilegium Petrinum.
 
Every priest should know because CIC prescribes Canon Law to be part of basic theological formation.
 
Yep. 1142 is dissolution of non-consumed, 1143 is dissolution based on privileges (§1, §2).
 
Not always true, in my case my husband and all of his secret ex wives have zero respect for marriage while I am not Catholic and the only one who takes it seriously.
 
Yes, if you get an annulment, you can remarry in the Catholic Church. As I said, there was no annulment of my parents marriage. Daddy never pursued one. Mama was a Protestant at the time and didn’t know she could have sought one through the Catholic Church. Her mother reminded her of what the Bible says regarding the matter and Mama never remarried.
 
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Not always true, in my case my husband and all of his secret ex wives have zero respect for marriage while I am not Catholic and the only one who takes it seriously.
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Randsam, you are giving your opinion of your ex and his other exes views of marriage. You cannot speak for them.

Granted, there was a time I felt the same way about Daddy and every woman he was involved with. But my dear Mama sat me down and told me not to judge but to pray for him and for the woman he was involved with at the time. And that I was to continue praying for him and anyone he was involved with whether they married or not.

My mother is a very wise woman. And given her personal feelings back then, she was able to set that lasting example for me.
 
You need to define what you mean by “divorce”.
You probably mean a civil divorce of two Catholics.
The short answer then is no.
Civil divorce means nothing to the Catholic Church.

However the Church can “annul” which as others state is a Church legal recognition that the couple were never married in the eyes of God and so are free to marry again.
This is only granted on strict grounds.

If one of the partners was not baptised the marriage may be “dissolved” in very specific circumstances enabling the Catholic to marry a baptised person.
I suppose one might call this a form of “divorce”.
 
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