Joining the Catholic Church as a divorced person

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Have you asked about Petrine, although I’ve heard that with it needing to go to Rome that an annulment process may ve quicker.
 
The Petrine Privilege may still be available. If the deacon isn’t familiar, he should talk to the tribunal. Favor of the faith is both Pauline and Petrine privilege.
 
Actually, Petrine Privilege cases may move quickly. It depends. But, it is definitely worth investigating.
 
I’d recommend speaking with someone at the diocese. There’s nothing in canon law that requires you to which limits the applicability of the Petrine privilege based on when a second (invalid) marriage was celebrated.

Can. 1143 §1. A marriage entered into by two non-baptized persons is dissolved by means of the pauline privilege in favor of the faith of the party who has received baptism by the very fact that a new marriage is contracted by the same party, provided that the non-baptized party departs.

§2. The non-baptized party is considered to depart if he or she does not wish to cohabit with the baptized party or to cohabit peacefully without aVront to the Creator unless the baptized party, after baptism was received, has given the other a just cause for departing.

Indeed, canon law makes express provision for when a person has contracted multiple marriages while being unbaptized:

Can. 1148 §1. When he receives baptism in the Catholic Church, a non-baptized man who has several non-baptized wives at the same time can retain one of them after the others have been dismissed, if it is hard for him to remain with the first one. The same is valid for a non-baptized woman who has several non-baptized husbands at the same time.
 
The substance of cc. 780-781 of the Eastern Code has been incorporated into the “instruction” Dignitas connubii, which regulates nullity processes in the Latin Church. Articles 2-4 (or thereabouts) mimic CCEO cc. 780-781.

Dan
 
Thank you Dan-- that is interesting. And, not something the training in my diocese discussed, the opposite in fact.

But, you know-- that’s why I always say to talk to the pastor AND talk to the tribunal representative if you have questions.
 
Apparently Petrine is when one party is baptized, which I am still not baptized. In a nutshell, Pauline/Petrine are not options for me.
 
Generally, yes, in “Petrine” cases one Party is baptized but a requirement is simply that at least one Party is unbaptized. In other words, both might, in fact, be unbaptized.

Dan
 
USAFwife said:
I’m currently trying to join the Church. I am married now, and I have been married once before. Same for my husband. Both of our ex spouses were unbaptized, and both of us are unbaptized. Both my husband and I must get annulments from our previous marriages, even though I am the only one looking to become Catholic (my husband is supportive, but not looking to convert). I guess depending on what Diocese you are in, it can take as long as 2 years to get it completed. Mine is slow-going. It’s tough.
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I just recently got the decision on my annulment and the whole process lasted 23 months for me. It is tough. You need a lot of patience. Good luck.
 
Sorry, I’m new here and learning how to use this system. I meant @7_sorrows 😉
 
Not your fault. The replied to post does not show if it is the previous post in the topic. @acanonlawyer may be good to talk to also though. He should know the legal side of things.

For future reference @acanonlawyer if you are replied to you should get a notification number beside your profile picture with a rounded arrow.
 
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