Catholic Views on Marriage and Divorce

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Catholic Views on Marriage and Divorce

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Introduction

• Catholic views on marriage and divorce have made
  many people angry with the Church.
• They view marriage as a covenant between man and
  woman that binds them in a life partnership.
• Catholics view marriage as a vocation.
• Binds man and woman while naturally leading to
  procreation and children education.
• In the view of Catholics, marriage is and should
  be a sacrament.

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Elements of Catholic Marriage

• Catholic couple has to be ordinarily married in
  the Catholic Church by a priest.
• They must choose to enter into a marriage
  knowingly and freely.
• They must know what marriage is and be ready to
  be in it for their entire life.
• Mutual good and fidelity must be the intention of
  the spouses

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• Psychological and physical ability of the spouses
  should also be in good condition.
• Marriage is a sacramental and indissoluble union
  that God established at the Garden of Eden.
• Marriage is an enduring union.
• Christians married via a Catholic Church wedding
  are brought together by a bond.
• This bond makes two individuals one in the
  marriage sacrament.

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Catholic views on divorce

• Catholic Church does not recognize civil divorce.
• Divorced persons are allowed to receive Holly
  Communion.
• They must have good standing in the church and
  not have been remarried again.
• If they were in a previous marriage that was not
  recognized by the church, it must be annulled
  first.
• Catholics support the persons affected by it.

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