Q: I teach a Bible Study and I ventured into the area of annulments. I was explaining consanguinity as an impediment to marriage. Someone raised a related issue that I could not answer. Deuteronomy 25 presents the Levirate Law, which obliges a brother to marry his deceased brother’s wife, in certain circumstances. The question asked was whether or not the Church allows a brother to marry his deceased brother’s wife today? –Mark
A: In “Can Cousins Marry in the Church?” we looked at the law regarding the marriage of those related by consanguinity, i.e., of persons who are blood relations. Mark’s question, however, refers to the marriage of those who are related not by blood, but by a prior marriage—in other words, to in-laws. Can a widowed man marry his sister-in-law in the Church? Let’s see what canon law has to say about this subject. Continue reading →
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