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QUESTIONS ABOUT DATING & MARRIAGE
“Ask a Priest: What If I Was Afraid to Admit I’m Chaste With My FiancĂ©?”
Q: Recently I had a friend over for drinks and she began talking about her ex-boyfriend and the type of contraception she was using. She then asked me what contraception I was using with my fiancé. If I told her the truth and said we are abstaining from sex before ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Mother-in-Law Seems to Be Living Unchastely?”
Q: My mother-in-law’s husband passed away a few years ago. She is Catholic and recently began dating another Catholic man. They recently went on a trip together for a week and stayed in the same suite. My husband and I are planning a trip with her in a few weeks. ...
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“Ask a Priest: Am I able to marry in the Church without an annulment?”
Q: My fiancé and I are both practicing Catholics. I have never been married before, but my fiancé has. We got engaged December 2012. He submitted paperwork to begin the annulment process in March 2013. We were told by his advocate that it could take up to a year to ...
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“Ask a Priest: May I Marry Civilly to Make Immigration Easier?”
Q: My boyfriend and I are practicing Catholics and discerning marriage. I am from the United States and he is from Colombia. We have been dating for a year, mostly long-distance, and while we are feeling called to marriage, we have found that there are still some things we would ...
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“Ask a Priest: Can an arranged marriage violate any of the Ten Commandments?”
Q: I am wondering if an arranged marriage for an individual from an impoverished country to an individual from a rich country is a sin, provided that: a) everybody takes part voluntarily; b) the marriage is arranged simply to help the individual from the poor country find work in the ...
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“Ask a Priest: How Do I Get My Husband to Attend Marriage Prep Classes?”
Q: I have been married 33 years by civil ceremony. My husband is non-Catholic. He claims he is agnostic! I have returned to the Church after 30 years of searching for the right “religion” but have come to embrace my Catholic faith. I have initiated the process of having my ...
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“Ask a Priest: Too engaged… What should I do now?”
Q: I have been with my boyfriend a year and a half. We are both Catholic, in our mid-20s, and go to church every week. From the very beginning I said that I wanted to wait until getting married to have sex, and he agreed that he felt this way ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Am in Love With a Married Man?”
Q: I am 20 years old and Catholic. I’m writing because I’m stuck and don’t know what to do. I fell in love with a married man in his 30s. He has been married for three years, but the wedding was not done in the Catholic Church, so his priest ...
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