INVALID MARRIAGES.
A great iquestion : affecting the marriage m;s. is;, now agitating tho minds of memhers of :tho Roman Catholic Church in England. r ; : . .' . - . • As explained by a dignitary, of tho Catholic Church; the.difficulty has arisen through the indefinite, yrording of a motu proprio reccntly; issued by his Holiness tho Pope. By of tho. Council of Trent in' 104e5 all clandestine marriages (that- is, marriages riot Celebrated by a parish priest before two witnesses),.'woro unlawful and in,valid: But this ! decroo was nevtr promulgated in. England .'.Any marriage which was'contracted m a registry office, either. 1 *by'two'Catholics, or; in a caso where-ene of tho contracting Pnrt'es wi>3. Catholic,' was therefore valid, although its contraction was sinful. Jiy tho motwrproprio already referred to BUO.I. clainlestino:.'marriages : aro-declared to bo. >tnraU(b froiii ; Easter next. Tho question' which, arises is whether tho operation Of Uie dccreo applies to?ErtGland or not. jvven so<eniinent a Gatliolic.. as Cardinal (•(•nnari says, .in a rccerit■!; '..publication ill K.mio, that tho .wholo question is most diflicult,, and %i'ill require a formal declaration.Troni 'the' Holy See.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 15
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175INVALID MARRIAGES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 15
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