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Catholics question why Boris Johnson was able to marry in church

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    Catholics question why Boris Johnson was able to marry in church

    “Catholics, including members of the congregation at Westminster Cathedral, have questioned why the prime minister was able to be married in a Catholic church following his two previous divorces.

    Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds at the cathedral in a ceremony with 30 friends and family on Saturday, planned in strict secrecy and reportedly carried out by Father Daniel Humphreys, who baptised their son Wilfred last year.

    Symonds, who will be taking Johnson’s name, has spoken publicly of her Catholic faith, while Johnson was baptised into Catholicism but renounced it for Anglicanism during his Eton schooldays, according to biographers.

    Catholic law, which does not recognise divorce, usually does not permit the remarriage of those whose former spouse, or spouses, are still alive. Johnson was divorced from his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, in 1993, and finalised his divorce from his second wife, Marina Wheeler, in November last year.

    Father Mark Drew, an assistant priest in Warrington, tweeted in response to the news: “Can anyone explain to me how ‘Boris’ Johnson, who left the Catholic church while at Eaton [sic] and is twice divorced, can be married at Westminster Cathedral, while I have to tell practising Catholics in good faith who want a second marriage in Church that it’s not possible?”

    The rector of St Paul’s in Deptford, Father Paul Butler, tweeted: “Always one canon law for the rich and one for the poor.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics...tcholic-church

    A cunning move by Boris to argue in court later that marriage was null and void?

    #2
    “According to the papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, the prime minister’s two previous marriages were unlikely to have been recognised in Catholic law, as his former spouses were not Catholic, nor were the weddings Catholic ceremonies. Therefore, a “simple administrative process” was likely to have been used to declare the previous marriages invalid.”

    If only Brillo knew of this loophole

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      “According to the papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, the prime minister’s two previous marriages were unlikely to have been recognised in Catholic law, as his former spouses were not Catholic, nor were the weddings Catholic ceremonies. Therefore, a “simple administrative process” was likely to have been used to declare the previous marriages invalid.”

      If only Brillo knew of this loophole
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      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        The Catholic Church are saying all his children are bastards except for the later one.

        Interestingly his wife was a result of an affair...
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Oh and you can't have secret marriages in England you need to give 28 days notice unless you are terminally ill and apply for an exemption, so the wedding wasn't secret.

          It appears the press weren't doing their job and didn't notice in the last 12 months that the PM was giving notice that he was getting married.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            I think Catholics are more interested when Biden is going to get refused communion.

            Permanently this time.

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              #7
              Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
              Oh and you can't have secret marriages in England you need to give 28 days notice unless you are terminally ill and apply for an exemption, so the wedding wasn't secret.

              It appears the press weren't doing their job and didn't notice in the last 12 months that the PM was giving notice that he was getting married.
              He did give notice, the date announced was July 2022

              (yes I know it's outside the 12 months time limit)

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                #8
                Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                He did give notice, the date announced was July 2022

                (yes I know it's outside the 12 months time limit)
                So he lied, again.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by AtW View Post
                  “According to the papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, the prime minister’s two previous marriages were unlikely to have been recognised in Catholic law, as his former spouses were not Catholic, nor were the weddings Catholic ceremonies. Therefore, a “simple administrative process” was likely to have been used to declare the previous marriages invalid.”
                  Seems so. According to a commenter in The Times:

                  Boris was baptised a Catholic, which means he is subject to Church laws, one of which is that Catholics can only be legitimately married in a Catholic church by a priest. His previous marriages were not conducted in a Catholic church, so they don't count as marriages.
                  Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                    Seems so. According to a commenter in The Times:

                    Boris was baptised a Catholic, which means he is subject to Church laws, one of which is that Catholics can only be legitimately married in a Catholic church by a priest. His previous marriages were not conducted in a Catholic church, so they don't count as marriages.
                    Wow, he could honestly tell everybody that it will be his first and last marriage, in Catholic Church

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