Marriage and confirmation

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I hope this is the right forum for this question.

I am a baptized protestant who hopes to be confirmed in the Catholic Church. I am married and my wife was never baptized. I am still uncertain what the status of our marriage is and what I need to do to have this marriage recognized by the Church. I assume it’s recognized as valid but not sacramental, but that it will need to be convalidated?

I realize this seems like a simple question but most of what I have seen on this topic is about people baptized Catholic marrying a non-Christian.

Thanks.
 
The Catholic Church considers all marriages valid until proven otherwise. Assuming your marriage is valid at its root (free consent, no previous bond etc) your marriage is valid in the eyse of the Church. It is not sacramental because one party is not baptized. Should the happy day come when your wife is baptized it will automatically become a sacramental marriage with no further ritual needed.

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puzzleannie,

Thanks very much for your response. My wife was married before – she will need an annulment from this previous (non-Christian) marriage, correct?

Thanks again.
 
christconvert said:
puzzleannie,

Thanks very much for your response. My wife was married before – she will need an annulment from this previous (non-Christian) marriage, correct?

Thanks again.
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If your wife was married and divorced, then yes her prior marriage will hvae to be examined before you can enter the church.

Your marriage is not valid as it stands, since she was not free to contract that marriage. Her first marriage would have to be examined and then the status of your marriage to her can be determined,

You need to get the ball rolling with your priest.
 
1ke,

Thank you. That’s what I thought. I am concerned about this because my wife is hostile to the whole Catholic understanding of marriage and I doubt she will want to participate in an annulment process. I will take your advice and contact my priest about this right away.
 
as I have said here many times before it is almost useless to ask specific marriage issue questions on this forum. OP never gives all the facts, and the only way the relevant facts can be determined is by going to the priest and initiating the discussion, so that whatever necessary procedures can be discerned and implemented. Nobody here is going to be in possession of the facts, it is not appropriate to go into details here in any case, so it really is a waste of time to ask all but the most general questions. Please see your priest immediately, there is guidance for your situation, it is not hopeless, but you will never get anywhere if you don’t start there. Also, don’t come back here and second guess what the priest tells you, either, it will not get you anywhere, and just be confusing.

if you need companions on the journey, and a place to discuss what is happening in your road to the church, this is the right place, and we will be here for you.
 
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