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Glassjester
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If two baptized, unconfirmed, nonpracticing Catholics are married outside the Church, does the Church consider the marriage to be valid?
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Gorgias
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What’s the context of your question? Are you asking about a marriage that is currently on-going? Or are you asking a nullity question? (That is, if someone in that situation divorces and then wishes to marry a Catholic, is a nullity proceeding necessary?)If two baptized, unconfirmed, nonpracticing Catholics are married outside the Church, does the Church consider the marriage to be valid?
If it’s an on-going marriage, then there’s little sense in asking the question: they’re non-practicing, and seemingly do not care what the Church thinks of their civil marriage.
If it’s a nullity question, then yes: the shorter ‘documentary process’ lack of form nullity would be required (if there are no other considerations in their case).
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Usige
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No. Regardless if they are confirmed or practicing, Catholics must marry in the Church or receive a dispensation to marry outside the Church. The dispensation is usually only given in mixed marriages, so two Catholics marrying essentially are required to marry in the canonical form.
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1ke
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No.If two baptized, unconfirmed, nonpracticing Catholics are married outside the Church, does the Church consider the marriage to be valid?
There is no presumption of validity when two Catholics marry outside the Church.
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Confiteor_Deo
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No, the marriage is not valid.
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Vico
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The phrase “outside the Church” implies that the celebration was against the canon law. It is possible for a Catholic couple to validly marry with only two witnesses, see Can. 1116. I doubt that this is what you are describing.If two baptized, unconfirmed, nonpracticing Catholics are married outside the Church, does the Church consider the marriage to be valid?
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Can. 1108 §1. Only those marriages are valid which are contracted before the local ordinary, pastor, or a priest or deacon delegated by either of them, who assist, and before two witnesses according to the rules expressed in the following canons and without prejudice to the exceptions mentioned in cann. 144, 1112, §1, 1116, and 1127, §§1-2.
Can. 1116 §1. If a person competent to assist according to the norm of law cannot be present or approached without grave inconvenience, those who intend to enter into a true marriage can contract it validly and licitly before witnesses only:
1/ in danger of death;
2/ outside the danger of death provided that it is prudently foreseen that the situation will continue for a month.
§2. In either case, if some other priest or deacon who can be present is available, he must be called and be present at the celebration of the marriage together with the witnesses, without prejudice to the validity of the marriage before witnesses only.
2/ outside the danger of death provided that it is prudently foreseen that the situation will continue for a month.
§2. In either case, if some other priest or deacon who can be present is available, he must be called and be present at the celebration of the marriage together with the witnesses, without prejudice to the validity of the marriage before witnesses only.
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