In another thread, marriage in a noncatholic manner was broguht up, now I have a queatsion.

What if two people marry outside the Catholic CHurch who arent cahtolic, who later convert? Would they need ot remarry?

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), March 24, 2004

Answers

No, they would not need to remarry solely because they married outside the Catholic Church when they were non-Catholics.

There could very well be other reasons why the Church would consider their marriage invalid, e.g., if one of the parties had been married and divorced previously.

-- Mark (aujus_1066@yahoo.com), March 24, 2004.

there is a possibility of a confirmation of marraige...

that is, like my uncle did when he converted, a couple could go to their local diocese and have them review the process of the marraige and issue an approval of valid marraige if the appropriate case existed.

-- paul h (dontSendMeMail@notAnAddress.com), March 25, 2004.