Catholic Annulments -- Any  Advice?
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Gather all the information you can on the person you want the annulment from. Hoepfully they will support you in this. Decide if you had a true marriage or not. If he cheated or was abusive then it would not be a true marriage. If you did not consumate the marriage you can also obtain an annulment. Talk with the priest and follow his direction.
736036
One day, or get an annulment.
1018645
My wife's parents are not LDS, and they felt really bad that they could not attend the wedding of their oldest daughter.  Talk with your bishop before hand to see what he has to say about it.  If you go with it, then I would try and have everything look as close to a real wedding as possible without the actual typical cerimony.  Have someone talk about your marriage giving advise, etc.  In place of the typical marraige ceremony, create a "promise" ceremony where after you make promises to respect and love each other in a variety of ways.  Then after you agree, you can exchange rings then being wished with a happy life together.
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Thaliax is correct, the couple who elope most likely would be living in sin according to the church and would not be able to receive the sacraments (including communion.)\n\nTo correct this they would have to talk to their priest, and take the steps neccessary to have the church recoginize their marriage - and only the priest can decide what those steps need to be after you are legally married.
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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!
1076417
You're saying that legally you're divorced but the catholic church does not recognize the divorce...so can you still remarry?\n\nyes you can still marry because the law is what counts...separation of church and state
1165173
I was raised Catholic my whole entire life until 11 years ago after my mother suddenly passed away.  I wanted to get my life in order so I met with the Catholic priest and as soon as I told him that I had 2 step children he stopped me.  I'm not married to a Catholic and didn't get married in the church and he said that I couldn't take communion and that my husband had to get an anullment.  Really broke my heart.  They keep these priests that molest little boys and just move them to another church.!  That's okay?  But me not being married to Catholic isn't okay?!  Sad huh?  So to answer your question, no!
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yes I am Catholic - and tho money is on my mind in regards to bills and trying to provide for the future - I am very frugal - have to be... I am happily married - so the sex issue is within a happy marriage and not seeking outside bounds of God's commandments. I know it is frustrating and hurtful to see the anti-Catholic and anti-Christian posts - but you aren't alone out here! prayerfully .... KC
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Okay, first there are multiple sets of rule depending on whose jurisdiction you are under.\n\nAssuming that you are a Catholic unmarried male under the Patriarchate of Rome, then you must remain celebate for the rest of your life, dedicating your life only to serving God.\n\nOn the other hand, if you are a married or unmarried male of one of the Byzantine Metropolia or Patriarchates, then you can become a priest, but not remarry if your spouse would die.\n\nThe other 20 odd self governing segments of the Catholic Church have their own rules.  I don't know what they do.  I believe some require celebacy and some do not.\n\nThe rules are an issue of discipline not an issue of belief.  No one has a right to be selected to serve a bishop in the presbyterate.  If you believe you are called then you could serve, but you have no "right," to serve unless you are ordained to do so.  Local rules determine who can and cannot be a priest.\n\nAdditionally, rules in Catholicism are generally thought of best as norms rather than laws.  The Roman Catholic Church certainly has married men serving as priests, primarily former Anglican priests who switched.  Likewise, Byzantine priests who are widowed with children really need a wife pragmatically.  Consequently, there are rules to permit marriage as well.\n\nNonetheless, all Christians are obliged to practice chastity.  Of course if you are married that means you need to have sex with your spouse and if you are unmarried you must not have sex with anyone.  Priests actually promise never to marry, as such, they must be celebate.
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If youve made a marriage commitment you have no excuse to dishonor it.\n\nOtherwise, look into the reasons for the failure. Its important to overlook trivial things. You will have trials in any love relationship. If you cant take it now, how will you handle the really bad? \nHow do you know it is doomed to be a waste? My guess is youre guessing yourself. Or that youve already decided. I seriously encourage you to inquire of God rather than us here who have so little knowledge compared to the Most High.\n\nPrayer is your most valuable tool. Use it. \n***************************\nTo therealdeal deal below. Divorce is wrong always. God only permits it in severe situations and even then it is not pleasing to Him. After all He puts up with us and takes us back each time we betray Him.\n\nMatthew \n31"It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'[f] 32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.\n\nMatthew 19\nDivorce \n 1When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. \n 3Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" \n\n 4"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'[a] 5and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'[b]? 6So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." \n\n 7"Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" \n\n 8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." \n\n 10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry." \n\n 11Jesus replied, "Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage[c]because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it."
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under annulment, none. It's the only and best way to get rid of a blood sucker, gold diggin, slug of a man.
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Beacuse it is a Sacrament between a man and  a woman that was instituted by God...as are all sacraments. Its purpose is to demonstrate, in the flesh, God's love for us and the creation of children that usually result from that love within the Sacrament. It is permanent and cannot be undone. (An annulment is the term used to decide that a Sacramental Marriage was never valid…it’s not a divorce.)\n\nOr you may be asking about a civil or legal marriage. That's just a legal institution invented by govenments for various legal purposes throughout history. It changes with the winds of politics and the fickleness of governments. It's a completely different thing from the Sacrament of Marriage, although many people assume that they are the same thing.
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It seems strange that you claim to believe in your faith, yet you seem to have chosen to disassociate yourself from it. Generally, "disassociation" means that a Jehovah's Witness has written a letter formally renouncing his identification as a Witness. Perhaps you became disassociated by joining the military, however. Perhaps you still recognize that Jehovah's Witness practice true Christianity, and you hope someday to become reinstated as a Witness. That is a commendable goal, but you should be working in harmony with that goal even now while you are separated from the organization.\n\nMy brother, it seems to be crossing a huge line to willingly participate in a false religious service performed by a "man of lawlessness" in a Babylonish stronghold. Please reject that idea.\n\nI strongly recommend that you insist upon a civil service; you can blame your family if it's easier than discussing your real reasons and eventual plans with your Catholic fiance. Remind her that you would never force her to get married at a Kingdom Hall or even to set foot in a Kingdom Hall. Really, a civil service is the compromise between you two.\n\nTell her frankly that the idea of the Catholic ceremony gives you the heeby-jeebies (doesn't it?) and you honestly couldn't guarantee that you wouldn't pull out of a church service at the last minute, something you're sure wouldn't happen with a civil service.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses do want you back in the truth, and you and I both know that if your fiance is a godly person she will certainly recognize the truth of Jehovah's Witness teachings someday. Years from now, when you are both active members of a JW congregation, how will she feel that you permitted a church wedding?
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I'm not sure when it comes to other countries, but being in a large city there may be an archdiocese that can help or maybe another church in the area. Let me know how it turns out.  Congratulations!!!
608406
why stop with the vows? also do these things\n\n1. instead of a pastor have a referee "officiate"\n2. instead of rice throw "dust in the wind"\n3. instead of doves release "trial balloons"\n4. instead of a reception have "something to go"\n\nand finally\n\n5. instead of a honeymoon take "separate vacations"
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A divorce is the legal ending of a marriage in court, while an anullment is a judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that claims that the marriage never existed in the first place.\n\nThe grounds for annulment will vary from country to country, or in the US, from state to state. Take a look at the following url for more detail:
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Depending on laws there is always annulment if it hasnt been that long ....... or else tell her u know a single guy in the states ill offer to marry her and then u2 can be on ur way lol.