Does The Catholic Church Consider Children From A Divorce Legitimate?
I’m 16 and trying to return to the catholic church, however someone told me that the church does not recognize divorced children as ever even being born. My mother is catholic and divorced my non-catholic father.
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I’m an athiest who came from a catholic family. I dislike all of organised religion but I have to say, as far as welcoming goes, I never had a problem with the catholic church for that. Thats a lie whoever told you that, Go along to a church and speak to a priest, you’ll see what I mean.
Keep your eyes open and always question everything, if there’s a god, he/she’d want you to use the brain you were given.
No not true.
My ex husband wasn’t Catholic although I need permission from the church to baptize my son Catholic.
I divorced when my child was young.
But when I was putting him in Catholic school
he didn’t have any problems
And still is still acknowledged in the Catholic religion.
And the only was I was is repent my sins.
Children don’t pay for the parents sins.
So go back to the church your OK.
I’m sorry that you were lied to like that. What a ridiculous thing to say!
In the Catholic Church, children are NEVER condemned for the sins of their parents. And anyway, the Church is okay with a spouse getting a divorce to get away from an abusive partner.
So please, continue your journey back to Catholicism and don’t worry so much about your parents’ divorce. It doesn’t matter.
well i cant imagine anyone being so sick as to not consider someone as ever being born but if they do they have no biblical reason to do so. before you just jump into the catholic religion you should probably check out some other church. i would defiantly recommend a baptist church. my church is the most amazing church ever and i go to a baptist Church. everyone there is just so loving and caring for one another because God draws us together.
That’s absolutely the strangest and most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. The Catholic Church has really let go of the judgment it once struck down on its members, if what you’re saying was ever a thing they declared.. I was 5 months pregnant when I got married in the Catholic Church, not hiding it, and we had full Mass.
What all these people are saying about legitimacy… the Catholic Church welcomes anyone who wishes to be there with open arms.
That’s stupid. The Church doesn’t approve of divorce because marriage is a sacrament before God that cannot just be revoked. But that doesn’t mean that the children of divorced parents don’t exist! My parents are divorced, but nobody has ever thought less of ME because of it. Your friend is very, VERY misinformed!!
that is incorrect. If the marriage was legitimate than the children are, regardless of what happened later. Besides they would not hold that against you.
Even if there was later an annulment of the Original marriage the children were born in faith that they were legitimate.
Cool, I’m 16 and Catholic too! 
We should be pen pals (or e-mail pen-pals)! =D
The Catholic Church does not consider you illegitimate.
Um…that is ridiculous. I am a born and raised Catholic and I never heard about that rule. It has nothing to do with anything lol. Whom ever told you that was lying or grossly misinterpreted something.
If the Catholic Church doesn’t recognize divorce, then your parents are still married (and presumably were when you were born anyway) and you are legitimate. If not it’s total hypocrisy.
Well I’m catholic and my parents are divorced, as are my dads catholic parents, and we’re all still welcomed and recognized by the church
Good question.
The church, these days, is loving and kind.
Talk to the priest of your local parish and they will accept you.
Nope, some body has mislead you. The Church has never taught such a thing. Come back to Holy Mother Church. She will receive you and welcome you. Pax Christi
Someone told you a lie.
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the catholic church is run by bigots who are associates to child molestation you don’t need a church to pray.
No no no. The Catholic Church has never said that the children of divorced parents are illegitimate. Actually, being divorced in the Catholic Church is being seperated. The parents would have to get an anulment. An anulment makes it like the marriage was never there (void). But still then, the children from the marriage are still legitimate.
God bless you+