Posted by Barbara D.
on 9/10/2009, 8:22:38, in reply to "Sad - Son vs Father"
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: The relations father-son, son-father were
: never easy between the more recent Orléans.
:
: Soon after the recent wedding of the Count
: of Paris, Jean duke of Vendôme published a
: communiqué criticizing his father's wedding,
: considering it ridicule, of bad taste and
: offensive to the laws of God and the family
: of France.
:
: I am amazed by Jean's fundamentalism.
: It's ok if he chooses to stand by his mother
: on this affair but when things seemed to be
: smoothing after his own wedding with
: Filomena, his sharp article cut all the
: bridges.
:
: He even says reconciliation is no longer
: possible.
:
: I am not a great fan of the CoP but I must
: agree with his answer where he tells Jean
: who is the father and who is the son, and
: that he does not tolerate the terms of the
: article.
:
: How can someone say that the wedding is
: against God's law when the CoP waited that
: the Vatican would declare the nulity of his
: wedding to marry religiously with Micaela
: abiding to the church principles.
:
Uuuh - I really don't want to offend somebody on this MB and I honestly don't want to start a discussion about religion! But, in my very personal opinion, the arguments of The Vatican for the annulment of the Count of Paris' first marriage seem to be more 'politically' than 'religiously'. Fact is, The CoP was religiously married to the then Countess of Wurttemberg (now Duchess of Montpensier), they had five children together and therewith, every point was fulfilled, that this marriage was 'consumed' (it is called this way, isn't it?) and was a union before God. And it was The Vatican, who declared it nul. God's Word, The Holy Bible says, "Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Mark 10:9) and "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery" (Matthew 19:9). These words are very clear about the existence and the possible ending of marriage before the death of one partner. There are no political points of view in.
But obviously, The Vatican has found after 25 years some loopholes on which the decision was founded.
: A case where Jean seems "more papist
: than the Pope".
:
I don't think, that The Duke of Vendôme is more papist than the Pope, but I guess, he can't understand and reconstruct The Vatican's decision for the annulment of his parents' marriage - as many, many others can't either. And - again my very personal opinion - asking for annulment of the marriage was such a disrespectful, egoistic and offensive gesture of The CoP against his first wife, the mother of his children and against these (his!) children, too. He obviously only cares for his own welfare...
I understand The Duke of Vendôme's anger against his father - whether this 'fight' has to be fought in public... that's another question.
: The whole story on this week's PdV.
:
But you are right, José - it's a very sad situation indeed.
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