Is there an age limit for Catholics to marry in a church?

[Anonymous]

No. My FIL just got Catholic married to a woman. They are in their 70s.

[Anonymous]

Why would there be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:13?

Lol. Maybe some countries

[Anonymous]

OP, I think your question may be based on a fundamental misunderstanding, so why don't you share why you ask, so people can explain the fault in your premise.

[Anonymous]

My friend's mom had a baby at 50. Jewish. Already a grandmother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's mom had a baby at 50. Jewish. Already a grandmother.

It happens. They are known as menopause babies.

[Anonymous]

No, they were referred to as "change of life" babies.

Lots of my parents' friends had change life babies, but they were mostly Catholics.

[Anonymous]

The requirement is that you are open to life, if that’s the correct term. In theory you could be 70 and “open to life”.

It’s why using birth control is not okay, it is the active use of external means to stop reproduction, meaning you aren’t open to creating new life.

Not passing judgment on whether this makes sense or seems silly, but it’s an explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I west to college in the 1990 with a guy whose mom was 50 when she had him back in the early 1970s. (No IVF).

She did not have him at age 50. Don’t be so naive.

Um, yes she did.

I believe you. My mothers side of the family were French farmers and fisherman. The women had 12 babies up until menopause hit in their fifties and they lived to be 100. Hardy stock.

[Anonymous]

what a stupid ignorant question. the answer is no.

[Anonymous]

No. The requirement you are probably thinking of is not about fertility. It is the requirement gor the couple to be able to have intercourse

[Anonymous]

No

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impediment_(Catholic_canon_law)?wprov=sfti1

[Anonymous]

Nope. When MIL died, my FIL got remarried to a widow in the Catholic church. I think they were both in their late 60's/early 70s at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I west to college in the 1990 with a guy whose mom was 50 when she had him back in the early 1970s. (No IVF).

She did not have him at age 50. Don’t be so naive.

My great-grandmother was 54 when she had my grandmother.

[Anonymous]

No, my mom was late 40s and her husband was late 60s when they got married in the Catholic Church. Both were widowed and also had been married the first time in the church. They did have to go meet with the priest in an abridged pre-Cana which they thought was ridiculous.