Divorced 3 times become a Catholic?

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So i was right in supposing that a divorced person cannot be fully accepted into the Church, right? Wow, I can’t lie to you by telling you that I fully agree with the divorce policy of the church, but I will say this: I’ll try my best, when I get married, to find a proper spouse and know her intimimately before getting married so that I can do everything in my power to minimize the chances of getting divorced. I might want to join the church one day and I take Jesus extremely seriously. So at least you guys are exerting a positive influence on me in the sense of thinking very carefully before I get married!
 
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Are we not also trying to establish the O.P’s desire to receive Holy Communion ? That was part of his original question. For that to happen, his Marriage needs to be recognized by the church.
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His first step is to be received into the Church. At that point he would be confirmed and receive the Eucharist. And assuming he is currently married, being received into the Church would require that his marriage situation be resolved. It’s all part of the same process.
 
Divorced is a wide category, with a lot of nuance in regards to Church teaching. your statement is not completely accurate.
 
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So i was right in supposing that a divorced person cannot be fully accepted into the Church, right?
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A divorced person can be received into the Church. The situation is different for someone who is divorced and remarried.
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I’ll try my best, when I get married, to find a proper spouse and know her intimimately before getting married so that I can do everything in my power to minimize the chances of getting divorced.
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That’s what everyone should be aiming for!
 
Yeah but I don’t think people take it quite so seriously these days. So divorced and remarried cannot join the church unless they divorce the second marriage, right? And then either try to get the first annuled or no remarriage?
 
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Sorry dear poster. There is much, much more to it than cutting and pasting a single paragraph from cannon law. Keep in mind, the O.P. wants to receive Communion. Our Parish Priest was once the legal go to guy for our diocese on this material. Still took us a full year to sort out. I wish it was a simple as the paragraph you are referring to. Its just not so.
 
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My contention is, If the marriage is not recognized by the church, they can not receive Communion. Before the Marriage is considered a Catholic Valid Marriage for sacramental purposes, the Marriage must first be witnessed even after the fact, by an Ordained Catholic Priest. I lived the process. Don’t need to take anyone’s word for it.
 
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In your case baptized Catholics were involved. If someone has ever been baptized or received into the Catholic church they are required to marry in the church or get a dispensation. This is not the situation of the OP. The OP has never been Catholic and therefore is not bound by the Catholic form of marriage so the Church views the marriage as sacramental unless proved otherwise.
 
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The OP has never been Catholic and therefore is not bound by the Catholic form of marriage so the Church views the marriage as sacramental unless proved otherwise.
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The OP has never been Catholic and therefore is not bound by the Catholic form of marriage so the Church views the marriage as sacramental unless proved otherwise.

The couple can not receive Communion until their Marriage is witnessed by an ordained Catholic Priest. Communion was part of the O.P’s question. Its NOT Sacramental until proven otherwise. On your premise any marriage is valid unless proven otherwise ?
 
Minor correction: Any marriage between two baptized non Catholics is sacramental until proven otherwise.
 
Are you saying a married Lutheran couple can show up at Mass and receive Communion ? Part of the O.P’s post was asking about this.
 
If we are talking about a Catholic they must marry in the Church or receive a dispensation
Marriages involving a non baptized person are natural, but not sacramental. They become sacramental on the baptism of both parties.

All my posts assume male/female marriage.
 
No, because they are not Catholic.

If they converted to Catholicism and it was their first marriage then there would be no issue.
 
Actually I did not take the Eastern rites into consideration. If a couple converted to an Eastern rite since the priest is the minister there I assume that more would be required.

Can someone familiar with Eastern Catholicism chime in?
 
I Have to admit. You are right an all accounts. Don’t tell my wife however. She will tell you I’m always wrong. I wish the best of luck to the O.P. Hope his process goes smoothly.
 
The scary thought is My Marriage is FOREVER now. What have I done ??🤨
 
I do wonder however, many Christian and other marriage’s outside the church do NOT contain the vows " What God has joined, let no man separate", and omit, “to death do us part”, can actually be sacramental. I’ll go with canon law. But find it a church mystery.
 
Yes, I work in a tribunal but that doesn’t really matter here since I am not assigned to anyone’s case. I can offer educated, general opinions but have absolutely no authority and have no desire to get (or business getting) involved in actual cases.

As far as this thread goes…it seems like people are talking about situations involving different circumstances and so answers necessarily conflict (he says, having not read every post).

Dan
 
The third marriage may be more of a separation in religious terms if you have no plans of remarrying, so you wouldn’t need an annulment possibly, if you have good reason to separate.

But I imagine that there’s a way for anyone who wants to become Catholic to do so regardless of his past life, so long as he change the current one.
 
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