Will the Catholic Church be damaged by yesterday's wedding at Westminster Cathedral?

I understand that as BJ's previous marriages x 2 were not in a Catholic church, they are not recognised by the Catholich church. Boris was baptised as a Catholic but became Anglican at Eton, he's since been taking instruction with Carrie prior to the marriage so has presumably become Catholic again but actually doesn't need to. Carrie is unmarried and a Catholic and BJ is legally free to marry. What's the problem?

There are Constitutional implications too. Another thread started on the subject.

A Catholic priest is quoted in one of the papers saying 'its one rule for the rich'. Quite.

That's very true.

(Just a thought; the marriage of Henry viii and Ann Boleyn may have had more affect on the Catholic Church than that of Boris and Carrie.)

And amen from me.

As a practicing Catholic I do not think the Catholic church will be damaged by yesterdays wedding. The church has survived more than a high profile wedding which happened yesterday.

Carrie is a baptized Catholic and has never been married, they have been having Catholic instruction prior to the wedding, in preparation to follow the religion.
I would think that the priests had something to say about baby Wilfred and his status as they were unmarried but wanted him baptized in the Catholic church, so it is better all round that Boris wanted to marry Carrie in the church.
I am not judging their unmarried status however it may be more beneficial to Wilfred now they are tied together in Holy Wedlock. Amen to all.

Surely the Catholic church will now be unable to refuse to marry any other couple in identical circumstances wishing to be married in the Catholic church of their choice. The precedent is now set.

Very many couples have been denied the marriage ceremony enjoyed by the PM and his now wife.

Galaxy

I dont think there is any guarantee it will be changed for other people.

and that is indeed the crux of the matter - it does not and will not.

Maybe the catholic church based their decision on Carrie's status. She is a catholic and this is her first marriage.

sorry, I have just realised you were quoting someone else, still horrible!

that sounds really damaging and upsetting ginny and really bloody CRUEL

When my uncle was dying the Catholic priest who came to give him the last rights told my aunt that he was going to burn in Hell because they hadn't been married in church. Apparently the rules are different if you are PM.

deedaa what a terrible thing for a priest to say !

I doubt the majority of people will care.
The Catholic Church, and other churches have done worse things.

Yes - I met him socially years ago and he behaved very inappropriately-

peasblossom the point is it hasn’t change for ordinary folk obviously there has been a wriggle around for this ‘special’ person
Total hypocrisy but what else do we expect from a church that has wriggled its way out of all the child abuse cases

Welbeck
Is this the priest?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/06/i-failed-archbishop-agrees-he-shut-out-victim-hears-inquiry

I have a young Catholic friend who wanted to marry in church a divorcee who was an Anglican. She never got her desire. She died “not married”

when i was a child the divorced couples who were members of the RC Church were sent to the nearby methodist chapel to be married . I also worked with a divorced Roman Catholic lady that could not take communian as she had remarried . So whilst I am not a RC, i don't understand how the couple were allowed to be married and become part of the church community . Has the church changed that much ?

When my uncle was dying the Catholic priest who came to give him the last rights told my aunt that he was going to burn in Hell because they hadn't been married in church. Apparently the rules are different if you are PM.

I dont think there is any guarantee it will be changed for other people.

If people think they’ve been hurt in the past by a rigid approach, surely they’d be glad to see things had changed.

But if there’s been a more compassionate approach that’s a good thing, isn’t it? I mean I know some hardline members of the church will object, but it’s more likely to make people think more positively of the church, not damage it.

Will it be damaged ? Ohh, I don't think so.

Kali2

I certainly hope many Catholics will write to Oramus, the Magazine for Westminster Cathedral, and His eminence Nicholls who is in charge and probably made the decision.

is that the same his eminence who moved priests around the chess board when they were implicated in abusing children.
didn't seem to knock him off his eminent position.
so by comparison this is very small potatoes.