Are marriges performed in Italy by a priest valid in Illinois?
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The marriage is valid under Church doctrine, but not under U.S. law.\n\nIf your marriage occurred outside the United States, you need to apply for an marriage license within the United States as well in order for your legally recognized by the Federal and State governments.
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"Divorce" as such is not allowed.  However, civil divorce is usually followed by Catholic annulment.  This is an avenue you should pursue.\n\nThe Catholic Church regularly annuls marriages.  Bring your concerns to your diocesan priest, who will deal with your situation understandingly and with great compassion.\n\nBecause of their "indissoluble" (1602) theological character, most marriages are annulled on the grounds that both spouses did not give full consent and, therefore, the marriage never existed.  Also, if your marriage was never consummated, this is grounds for annullment.\n\nHere are some other grounds:\n1)  Absence of Reason.  Either spouse or both spouses were inebriated, mentally ill, or unconscious during the marriage agreement (Canon 1095).\n2)  Ignorance.  Either or both spouses were ignorant of the level of life-long or sacramental commitment demanded by marriage (Canon 1096, 1099).\n3)  Error or deception.  Either or both spouses do not possess fundamental qualities they claimed (Canon 1097, 1098).\n4)  Exclusion of children.  One spouse refuses to allow the creation of issue (Canon 1101).\n5)  Fear,  One spouse was intimidated by others into accepting marriage (Canon 1103).\n\nUnfortunately, invalid reception of the sacraments is not grounds for divorce.  Rather they should have been requirements before marriage.\n\nA competent ecclesiastical tribunal will examine the case.  Your honest cooperation with that tribunal will be essential.\n\nIf your marriage is annulled, you are free to marry again.  In the case of an exclusively civil divorce, however, the Church still considers you married and may not consent to marry you in a Catholic ceremony (2384).  You may also be denied participation in the Church's divine life (1650).\n\nBest of luck to you, and be sure to consult your priest.
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Paris is the closest UU church to Italy. I'd say the CLF is your best bet.\n\nhttp://www.uua.org/CONG/index.php
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I think it may be italian but have included my favorite site below for you to peruse. Domi has a reference to god in latin but "labae" and "mage" are not latin. If I were to guess, I'd say, eat the love of god.
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This would depend entirely on the church, or denomination that you belong to and also on where you are from.\n\nAre you wanting to become a minister, or just to marry people? In may states you do not have to be ordained to marry people, some states allow Notarys to perform weddings, or they have Justice of the Peace who do civil weddings without having to be ordained.\n\nIf you are wanting to become ordained, the best advice that I can give you as an Archbishop myself, is to speak to your pastor, he can guide you in the proper direction.
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I don't know if they have marriage commissionaires or not where you live. But in Canada we do and they are allowed to perform non-denominational ceremonies that are recognized by the government.  We are getting married next year and a friend of my fiance is a commissionaire and so will be performing our wedding at a an outdoor ceremony at a nice hotel.  We will then move inside for the reception, dinner and dance.  Good luck in your search for a non-traditional wedding also.
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Yes. \n\nAs long as the bride or the groom is baptized Catholic then the couple can be married in the Catholic Church. \n\nIf one is not a Catholic, then you may have to get permision from the bishop.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Try the state of Illinois website (see below).
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Its in Rome Italy Europe.oh yes and the Pope lives there.
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I have found that some sects in Christianity have no problem with this type of ceremony.  I know that as my husband and I got married (he's catholic and I was raised jewish) that the Catholic Church would have no problem with us getting married and would request a neutral location and that clergy from both religions be allowed to preside. I think the 2 faiths are used to crossing over in some cases.
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Here is a link for the Catholic Rite of Marriage: http://www.catholicliturgy.com/index.cfm/FuseAction/TextContents/Index/4/SubIndex/67/TextIndex/8\n\nThis was in 1970. I don't know if it has changed or not.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Oddly enough, I'm familier with similar property cases like yours in Italy.\n\nIf you have properties in her name, you have a problem other then the terms of an italian anullment to your american vows, possibly being the problem. Regardless of how your devorce works out, those properties are hers from the start. Thats Italian Land Law.\n\nYour main problem seems to be a big one and you will definatly not just need an internationaly lawyer, but a very good one, defntly not an Italian one as they can be very fuched up, trust me. Your best bet is looking either for an American one or a British one.\n\nBut the best thing would be not to devorce her, you're not young anymore. You've obviously built up a lot with her besides your properties and it would be = hard to part with that like with your property.\n\nI may be of further help...\n\nchavatshimshon yahoo>co>uk
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The answer is yes, (first though you need to get the local bishop's permission for a mixed cult marriage.  It is easy talk to your parish priest.)  as long as one of the persons is a Catholic.  I highly recommend that you or whoever is marrying the Catholic, sit down and read the book of Ruth and the Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles) right away.\n\nYou will however,\n\n1.  Have to go through Catholic marriage prep.\n2.  Be willing to practice the Catholic understanding of marital relations (ie no condoms).\n3.  Be open to having children when God gives them to you.\n4.  Understand and accept that the marriage lasts until the death of the spouse (no divorcing and remarrying while the spouse lives).\n5.  Promise to not try to convert your spouse away from Catholicism.\n6.  Promise to not impede in any way your spouse's obligations to the Catholic Faith and the growth of their spiritual life.\n7.  Promise to have your children baptized Catholic within a few weeks of their birth.\n8.  Promise to raise your children in and ONLY IN the Catholic Faith.\n9.  Promise to not impede in any way your children's obligations to the Catholic Faith and the growth of their spiritual life.\n\nAs a note, essentially you would be marrying into the Catholic Faith.  Mixed faith marriages can be tricky especially if one of the spouse is more into their faith than the other.  Do not be surprised if the religious differences become more pronounced over time.  It might not be important now, but after children enter into the picture and raising them Catholic becomes a reality, it can get rough. \n\nThere are other issues but the priest through marriage prep will deal with them.  \n\nA NOTE:  If your local priest doesn't go through the above numbered steps during the marriage prep, he is not up on his duties and it would be benefitual to locate a better priest.  At the time of marriage, not believing in those things brings into question the validity of the marriage especially if one, either openly or in secret intends to do directly the opposite.
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Decide which church you want to have your servide in and then invite both the priest and the pastor to officiate.  The priest can give you a blessing.  As a graduate student I took as my research project the Pre-Cana marriage preparation course offerred by the Catholic Church for engaged couples and it is a solid, excellent program to sort out issues before they become difficulties after a couple is married.  Whatever church you eventually decide to settle in does not matter.  This Pre-Cana program will help you more than I can say and give you tools to deal with problems when they arise.  Peace and joy!
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ok now I don't know where you reside, but let's assume that you're in a country where they allow dual citizenship.  \n\nItaly allows anybody who has Italian bloodties to become an Italian citizen even though you have never set foot in the country.  My best advise would be to call or e-mail your local Italian embassy to get all the details.  I found some interesting websites that could help you determine whether you are eligible to Italian Citizenship.
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Yes, but you need to do marriage prep through the Catholic Church...and have your priest help you get permission to marry outside the Church.\n\nJust a caveat. If your faith means a shred of anything to you, a mixed religion marriage is difficult, especially once children come along.
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Yes.  The current ban on marrage for priests stems from when individual priests held important political power in there local communities, and also held the right to land owned by the church.  This power and wealth would often find its way to his wife and children.\n\nToday this is not much of a issue in major christian based faiths.