Marriage
A marriage celebrated in due form, but without express permission of the competent authority of the Catholic Church, between a Catholic and another baptized person enrolled in a Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church is "prohibited" (illicit), but is valid. On the other hand, a marriage celebrated in due form between a Catholic and an unbaptized person is invalid, unless dispensation has previously been obtained from the competent Church authority. Other cases in which a marriage is not merely illicit but invalid are indicated in canons 1083-1094 of the Code of Canon Law.
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“Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”
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