Comments on: Is Divorce A Sin For Catholics? http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Manya http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/divorced-and-still-catholic/is-divorce-a-sin-for-catholics/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Manya Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:39:33 +0000 http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/?page_id=1062#comment-1864 Paul, That's a great question for your pastor or someone at the Tribunal of your diocese. I'd like to post the answer here but will have to wait til I have time to make that call myself. If you find the answer, would you come back and share it with us? Thanks, Manya Paul,
That’s a great question for your pastor or someone at the Tribunal of your diocese. I’d like to post the answer here but will have to wait til I have time to make that call myself. If you find the answer, would you come back and share it with us?

Thanks,
Manya

]]> By: Paul http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/divorced-and-still-catholic/is-divorce-a-sin-for-catholics/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Paul Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:36:56 +0000 http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/?page_id=1062#comment-1850 Curious. Why is a civil divorce required to begin the annulment process? Curious. Why is a civil divorce required to begin the annulment process?

]]> By: Manya http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/divorced-and-still-catholic/is-divorce-a-sin-for-catholics/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 Manya Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:36:14 +0000 http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/?page_id=1062#comment-1200 Thank you for pointing out that when you go through a civil divorce, you are still married in the eyes of the Church and you are not free to remarry in the Church. Thank you also for pointing out that sometimes it's necessary to request a civil divorce (or a legal separation) in order to protect yourself & your children financially...and perhaps in other ways, also. I'd like to add a bit more..... if you get remarried outside of the Church without receiving an annulment first, it's a serious sin and you cannot receive communion. You CAN, however, continue to go to mass and go to confession. I believe, though, that you will still be in the state of serious sin even if you confess that you're married outside of the church and without having received an annulment. If you're in this situation, talk with a priest. (Also, a side note - you cannot begin the annulment process until you've gone through a civil divorce.) Manya Thank you for pointing out that when you go through a civil divorce, you are still married in the eyes of the Church and you are not free to remarry in the Church. Thank you also for pointing out that sometimes it’s necessary to request a civil divorce (or a legal separation) in order to protect yourself & your children financially…and perhaps in other ways, also.

I’d like to add a bit more….. if you get remarried outside of the Church without receiving an annulment first, it’s a serious sin and you cannot receive communion. You CAN, however, continue to go to mass and go to confession. I believe, though, that you will still be in the state of serious sin even if you confess that you’re married outside of the church and without having received an annulment. If you’re in this situation, talk with a priest. (Also, a side note – you cannot begin the annulment process until you’ve gone through a civil divorce.)

Manya

]]> By: Sam Schmitt http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/divorced-and-still-catholic/is-divorce-a-sin-for-catholics/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Sam Schmitt Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:42:10 +0000 http://divorcedcatholicmoms.com/?page_id=1062#comment-1193 A distinction needs to be made between a purely civil divorce and one which "claims to break the contract" - to end the marriage altogether - as the Catechism says. The person who wrote you left out this clarification from the Catechism (#2383): "If civil divorce remains the only possible way of ensuring certain legal rights, the care of the children, or the protection of inheritance, it can be tolerated and does not constitute a moral offense." As I understand it, a purely civil divorce simply breaks the legal bond between the spouses for their own good and / or the good of the children. In the eyes of the Church they are still married and it does not free either spouse to re-marry. A distinction needs to be made between a purely civil divorce and one which “claims to break the contract” – to end the marriage altogether – as the Catechism says.

The person who wrote you left out this clarification from the Catechism (#2383):

“If civil divorce remains the only possible way of ensuring certain legal rights, the care of the children, or the protection of inheritance, it can be tolerated and does not constitute a moral offense.” As I understand it, a purely civil divorce simply breaks the legal bond between the spouses for their own good and / or the good of the children. In the eyes of the Church they are still married and it does not free either spouse to re-marry.

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