Posted by Lorenzo
on 15/9/2009, 9:55:56, in reply to "Re: Prince of Hanover at Lord Freddie's wedding"
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I understand from the link that the grant from the Pope is discretional, but annulling the first marriage must have paved the way, at least justifying a presumption of good faith.
In fact, pending the annullment procedure, Caroline was not able to marry Stefano in church even if willing to do so and even if believing in good faith that the first marriage was nil and void.
In other words, in her internal forum she was not in adultery and her availability to marry in church was blocked by a cause independent from her will.
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: Yes, Caroline and Stephano were just lovers,
: for the RC Church. But the Pope has the
: power to "legitimize" children.
: Read the whole story. Princess Caroline
: wrote the late Pope JPII after the
: annulment. And, 6 months later, the Pope
: declared them legitimate.
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: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n24_v29/ai_13685886/
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: So, it can be and it is.
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: I think one thing does not imply the other
: one. I think I recall the Pope declared the
: children of her second marriage legitimate
: after the annulment. But it was not an
: automatic consequence of the annulment.
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: It can't be. For the Church, Caroline and
: Stefano were never anything more than
: lovers.
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: Far from being "useless", in view
: of the circumstances, the annulment permits
: to consider the offsprings from the second
: marriage as legitimate (or at least not
: fruit of adultery).
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