Catholic Nun
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a nun in my Catholic church was married & divorced before she became a nun?
is it not against the religion?
& I had a baby out of wedlock, can I still become a nun?
There are cases where divorce is acceptable...abuse is one example. And divorce is not always sinful. Divorce and remarriage, without the previous marriage being found invalid, is the problem.
The Church's (and Christ's) position is that a divorce doesn't dissolve a sacramental marriage. So someone who simply divorces and then remarries could be committing adultery with the second "spouse".
And yes, there are nuns who are widowed, divorce, and who have had children. There are priests with the same situations.
Maria C, I have to clarify...divorce is NOT recognized by the Church. The Church recognizes that a civil divorce breaks the legal, civil bonds of a marriage. But it does NOT break the sacramental bounds of marriage. That is exactly why remarriage would be a problem without a decree of nullity.
About the baby out of wedlock. That is objectively sinful, but vows and holy orders are not reserved for the "perfect" people since no one is perfect yet. As long as the sister has repented and been to sacramental confession, I would assume that is not a huge problem.




