Monday, June 7, 2021

Diocesan commentary: marriage ceremony in Westminster

image M Mazur CBCEW

photograph M Mazur CBCEW

source: Archbishops apartment

The respectable web site of Cardinal Vincent Nichols has published right here statement:

On Saturday 29 may also, the marriage of Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson took vicinity in Westminster Cathedral.

The bride and groom are each parishioners of the Westminster Cathedral parish and baptised Catholics.

It isn't applicable to comment on the own situations or disposition of this couple, other than to confirm that this marriage took place in full accordance with the requirements of the Church.

These requirements, in preference to sentiment, need to guide motion. No privileges or exceptions were afforded to this couple, apart from the closure of the Cathedral for safety motives.

The Catholic Church celebrates marriage as a pretty good blessing instituted by God for the first rate of the spouses, their children and the wider neighborhood. Marriage is a sign of God's love for all of human introduction and the marriage of a man and a woman, each of whom are baptized Christians, is regarded a Sacrament--a sacred signal of the enduring union of Christ and the Church. The Catholic Church holds that it is the legitimately manifested consent of the person and the woman marrying that creates the wedding bond which is a lifelong bond of love and fidelity and is above all characterized by means of an openness to receiving the blessing of babies.

The Catholic Church holds:

That a valid marriage creates a bond which ends best with the loss of life of one of the spouses.That to marry validly a number of factors ought to be existing including capacity to marry, both criminal and private, as well as genuine marital intent and the absence of every other present marital bond.

That a Catholic, described as someone who turned into baptized or formally bought into the Catholic Church, who needs to enter a marriage which is recognized as valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church have to exchange marital consent earlier than a Catholic priest/deacon or get hold of special permission to alternate marital consent in one other setting. If a Catholic doesn't look at this rule the marriage is considered not to be valid under Catholic Canon legislation.

That a civil decree of divorce influences handiest the civil consequences of marriage and does not, in and of itself, go away the parties free to enter a marriage recognized as valid within the eyes of the Catholic Church.

That after a civil divorce has been issued either of the parties may also ask the Catholic Church to look into whether the presumption that the wedding is legitimate in the eyes of the Catholic Church is demonstrated or whether there's counsel latest which requires that the presumption be overturned. In instances the place the presumption is overturned what is often called an annulment is issued by the Catholic Church. it's to be mentioned that an annulment has no implications for the infants of the couple.

for those who want to pursue these complicated questions further, please contact your parish priest, especially when you are in my view littered with these concerns. he'll accompany you, or refer you to a person who's capable of accomplish that.

Tags: Boris Johnson, Westminster Cathedral, Father Daniel Humphreys, Carrie Symonds

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