Marrying a woman in menopause

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Is it permitted to marry a women who has reached menopause?
 
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No different than marrying a woman who’s infertile.

Married couples are expected to be open to life but not expected to have as many children as possible.

There is no fault attributed to married couples If they can’t have children even though they are open to life.

Impediments to marriage would be listed in the link below. Age is cited as one of these but this counts as an impediment if one or both of the couple is/are too young. There is no mention of someone being too old.

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I think its a legitimate question…This is how catechesis takes place.

I know my wife and I married in the Church when I was 61 and she was 59…The priest still had us attest that any children born of the union would be raised Catholic…odd? Not considering the age of Elizabeth and Sarah when then gave birth.
 
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Why wouldn’t it be?

This is an odd question. Maybe you should talk to your priest.
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While it is NOT actual Church teaching, there are Catholics — some of whom post on these forums — who incorrectly believe that having as many children as possible and raising them to be good Catholics is the one and only purpose of marriage. If the OP has had conversations with said Catholics, I don’t find the question odd at all. I’m happy the OP came here to have the misconception cleared up.

Oh, and don’t forget the NFP police who think you have to be on your deathbed to have a good enough reason to use NFP, and who admonish those using it in lesser circumstances.
 
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Not so odd when you consider I have been told the sole? Primary? purpose of a marriage is to raise children
 
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Not so odd when you consider I have been told the sole? Primary? purpose of a marriage is to raise children
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This is not Church teaching. Marriage is ordered to both unity and procreation. Those past menopause are naturally infertile. Infertility is not an impediment to valid marriage.

I’m sorry if you’ve been taught incorrectly all these years.
 
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NFP police. I dont know what you mean?
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I was using a figure of speech.

Catholics who mistakenly believe procreation is the one and only purpose of marriage also tend to preach the idea that a married couple must have as many children as possible and only use Natural Family Planning to avoid pregnancy in extreme situations. This belief is also incorrect.
 
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