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Anonymous wrote:I wondered since she claims to be Spanish, have her kids been baptized and is Carmen preparing for her 1st reconciliation and 1st communion
A IS catholic and they were married in a catholic church
I've wondered this too. I am assuming it is the celebrity that let this fly with the Catholic church (not at all surprising), but the fact that she is a WASP should have come up in pre-cana. I guess no one verified she was Catholic or looked the other way? We are WASP/Catholic and getting married in the church was not an option (though as the WASP portion of this couple, I wouldn't have wanted to and certainly wouldn't have jumped through those hoops).They're lying liars who lie though, so who knows.
With permission from the archdiocese, a priest will do all the sacraments ahead of time without the normal preparation. We are non celebrities and for various reasons we didn't have to do the required premarital counseling and my spouse was confirmed the night before the wedding (again with no preparation). We've been married and had both children baptised in a famous church (UNESCO world heritage site) with literally no prep for any of the sacraments. So yes it is possible.
The Catholic Church in the US is really, really rigid and makes it very difficult to do this but in other places they are much more flexible. Please don't blast me, but the Church also recognizes publicity and celebrity appeal so bending the rules in certain circumstances enables them to continue to have relevance in an era of steeply declining church attendance.
Huh? I am Catholic and my husband is Protestant and we got married in the Catholic Church. It was an absolute non-issue. At my very large pre-cana class, probably 75% or more of the couples included a non-Catholic.
Yah, this is not surprising. I haven't seen it as much in the US, but I have encountered, "married by the church!" often overseas which basically means the state won't marry you because you are already legally married, but you can marry 2, 3, 4, 5 times by a Catholic priest. A little bit of cash and intimidation and you're good to go on that front.