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ASK FATHER: If 50% of marriages are invalid, how do I know if my marriage is valid?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: If approximately 50% of current “Catholic” marriages are actually invalid, how do I know if my marriage is valid? I was a cafeteria Catholic at the time of the wedding, husband was unbaptized. We got a … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Entering the Church, do we need to have our marriage convalidated?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: My husband and I are entering the Church in just a few days now, and we are confused as to whether we will need our marriage convalidated. Our priest says so, but my RCIA teacher and sponsor say … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Doubts about annulment for 1st marriage, guilt about 2nd

From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a deeper conversion experience I had a love for my first wife that I did not have before. It seemed that after my conversion the love of Jesus was flowing through me for her. I … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Convert ponders consequences of parents’ invalid marriage.

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m a convert to Catholicism, with a Lutheran mother and baptized and confirmed Catholic father. My dad fell away from the Church after college, as he married outside of the Church and all us children were … Read More

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