"Until death do us part"
@allknowing (141602)
India
March 3, 2025 7:41pm CST
Catholic couples have to make their vows at the nuptials and they are
"To have and to hold from this day forward.
For better, for worse.
For richer, for poorer.
In sickness and in health.
Forsaking all others.
To love and to cherish.
Until death do us part."
It is easy for those who created these vows but not for those who have to live through them. My friend went through hell in the last four years of her marriage and now is seeking a divorce but I am not sure if the Catholic Church will permit it.
Is it fair that one is forced to live through misery because of these vows?
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@kaylachan (75585)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16h
The caltholic chruch does, but then they don't have any say on the legal aspect of the union. Marriage in the religious sense is nothing more then a spirtual thing. A joining of two souls as one, if you willl. Then there's a legal aspect, that tells the state/country that you've joined into a legal contract. Divorice only deals with the state/country's view on the union and breaking of the contract. She won't go to hell for seaking divorce.
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@allknowing (141602)
• India
16h
Divorce is granted through the legal process but as a Catholic one needs to follow those vows and then what happens. A second marriage will not be solemnised by the church
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@kaylachan (75585)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15h
@allknowing Well, the divorice only deals with the legal aspects. And, unless you're deeply religious, who cares what the curch thinks?
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@marguicha (225152)
• Chile
16h
In my country the religious marriage is not valid although most people marry by their faith ALSO. So if you want to be divorced, the church is not valid either. There is no force at all.
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@allknowing (141602)
• India
16h
For a divorce I know a religious marriage is not valid but as a Catholic one is supposed to live in sin if they do not follow those vows.
