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Howard Garrison wrote:

Hi, guys —

I am a widower. My fiancée is divorced and we would like to get married in Las Vegas, but we would also like to get married in a Catholic Church at a later date. I am Catholic and so are my children, but they are grown and live away from home.

We need your advice.

Thanks,

Howard

  { If we get married in Las Vegas, can we get married in the Catholic Church at a later date? }

Paul replied:

Hello Howard,

We usually give answers to doctrinal and historical type questions, but since you asked, my advice is to not go through with what would be an invalid marriage in Las Vegas. Living in such an invalid marriage is equivalent to living in perpetual adultery.

Her marriage is presumed valid until or unless an annulment is declared by the Church; and you, as a Catholic, are bound to marry within the confines of Church law.

Factors like age, dependency of children, and status are not relevant when it comes to proceeding according to God's will in the sacrament of marriage. One must always love God first and their (potential) spouse second.

Peace,

Paul

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