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Marriage and Quasi-Domiciles
Q: For four years our son was away at college, over 500 miles from home. He just graduated and is now engaged to a girl he met at school, and they want to get married in our parish here. Our … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Parish Life, Sacraments
Tagged canon law, Catholic, college, domicile, marriage, quasi-domicile
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Do Catholics Have to be Confirmed Before Getting Married?
Q: In our parish RCIA program, I have a couple that were married civilly, but plan to marry next year in the Catholic Church back in her hometown. Both are baptized Catholic and have received Holy Communion, but neither has … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Confirmation, Marriage
Tagged canon law, Catholic, confirmation, marriage, RCIA
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Canon Law and Getting What You Want
Q1: My fiancé and I wish to be married in a chapel [instead of the parish church]. This chapel… has been the most pivotal part of our faith life and relationship with one another. However, we were informed that we … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Other Canonical Questions, Parish Life, Sacraments
Tagged bishop, canon law, Catholic, marriage, Mass
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How Does the Presence of a Priest at My Non-Catholic Wedding Make it Okay?
Q: I am Catholic and my fiancée is unbaptized. I want to have the wedding ceremony in the Catholic Church, but [there are problems]… I know that as a Catholic I should not marry in a ceremony in my fiancée’s religion. … Continue reading
Posted in Canonical Issues Involving Non-Catholics, Marriage, Sacraments
Tagged canon law, Catholic, marriage, valid
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Catholic Funerals and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Q: There was a funeral at our parish recently for someone who had committed suicide. My mother was surprised, and told me that suicides didn’t used to get Catholic funerals, because killing oneself is a mortal sin. I assume the … Continue reading
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Tagged canon law, Catholic, funeral, suicide
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