Nicole Kidman Wasn't Married to Tom Cruise...

46. There are a few things wrong in both the article and the comments... I have been a Catholic all my life... I know for a fact that as long as both parties have been baptized in any recoginized religion, not Scientology (which isn't a religion as much as a cult following), and married in a church, a marriage between 2 people is binding... I was told this by a priest when I was dating a divorced man.. If Nichole and Tom had a civil ceremony and not a religious one, there is no marriage in the eyes of the church.. A civil ceremony only binds by the state not by God. As far as needing to be confirmed in order to be married, this is wrong.. My daughter, was never confirmed and was married in the Catholic church 5 yrs. ago... You need only be baptized, and have made your first communion... Hope this helps clear up things... And before you say I don't know what I'm talking about I'll tell you I'm over 60 yrs old and this has been what the Church has ruled ever since I can remember...

Posted at 10:58PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Phyllis

47. It's called a "Defect of Form" when the Catholic church says your first marriage was not recognised by the church and therefore "doesn't count". A loophole. That and a $350 "donation" to the church and I wore white on my second wedding day, my 4 year old daughter was a flower girl. (hypocrisy)

Posted at 11:02PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Dawn b

48. All I know about the Catholic Church is what my daughter-in-law has told me. I wish Nichole & her husband the best of everything. My first husband was killed in a plane crash. Thank God I am not Catholic, because my God is a God of second chances or even more. I am married to a wonderful man now, and he goes to the same church I do. He was divorced before. Should I have not married him? I think I had ever right to marry whomever I loved. And I think Nichole does too. If the Catholic Church doesn't want her in their church, we would be happy to have her join us. People should read their Bibles for themselves.

Posted at 11:06PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Jean

49. who really cares

Posted at 11:08PM on Jun 26th 2006 by pj

50. I believe I read somewhere they divorced because they could not conceive a baby. Seems weird...Tom obviously was able, and now there are rumors (?) that Nicole "looks" pregnant??? I think the Scientology had a lot to do with it...but I thought it was also because they couldn't get pregnant, and that's why they ended up adopting. Someone correct me if I am wrong, which I very well may be. In any case, I love Keith Urban and I wish he and Nicole the very best. (I teach high school chorus, and the girls and I are always singing his songs! - He is very talented!)

Posted at 11:09PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Teri

51. And I am certainly against gay marriage. Again, read what God has to say about this.

Posted at 11:09PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Jean

52. I BEG TO DIFFER WITH THE COMMENT THAT IF YOU ARE NOT CATHOLIC THAT YOU CAN'T BE MARRIED IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH , THATS NOT TRUE I WAS MARRIED IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH. I AM CATHOLIC BUT MY HUSBAND TO BE WAS NOT CATHOLIC, HE DID HOWEVER HAVE TO AGREE TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN CATHOLIC.

Posted at 11:11PM on Jun 26th 2006 by cheryl k.

53. I was married in the Catholic Church by a Monsignor, no less. I am not catholic but my husband is. I had to produce a certific to prove I was baptized as an infant which I did. I was never confirmed nor did I have First Holy Communion.

Posted at 11:14PM on Jun 26th 2006 by kaye

54. Some of the Catholics don't get it right.

You can be married to a non Catholic in the Catholic church and reieve the sacrament of marriage. There are a few different situations. I married a non Catholic that was never baptized in a Christian (non Catholic, Christian faith). I could recieve the sacrament of marriage but we could not have a full Catholic Mass (everything but communion). If my husband had been baptized in a Christian church (Baptist, Methodist etc) we could have had the full Catholic mass but he could not recieve communion. If they would have been married in a Christian church (Baptist, Methodist etc) not just a Catholic church then they would have had to get an annulment. I have a friend who was married in a Protestant church and divorced but when she wanted to marry in the Catholic church she had to get the annulment.

Posted at 11:17PM on Jun 26th 2006 by tessoe

55. I hope it was because they couldn't get pregnant, because that would mean that the baby really isn't Tom's and Katie can get away from him with a clean break. She looks so miserable. The poor girl.
I am very happy for Nicole and Keith. They deserver a long happy life together.
As for Tom, I really hope Katie wakes up and leaves the man.
Tom and Brad need to be together. Neither make any sense.

Posted at 11:19PM on Jun 26th 2006 by ohmyjeepers

56. Actually Kathleen, unless the marriage documents are filed with the local Catholic Archdiocese, it's not recognized even if it's done by another clergy. I am Catholic and married a Jewish man with only a Rabbi officiating, he is clergy, part of the Ecumenical Council but when I went to have my son baptized, I was told I did not have a valid marriage because these papers were never filed. I'm glad Nicole had this technical loop hole but married is married in my eyes. God saw it! I think in Nicoles case, God was glad to look away. Wait, I can hear God screaming, "Katie, Katie, run for your life!!!!!!"

Posted at 11:22PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Vallontina

57. That's correct. The Catholic Church would have viewed his marriage to Mimi Rogers as sacred. His marriage to Nicole was his second and not viewed as sacred by the Catholic Church, therefore no annulment needed. Same thing happened to me, only I'm not rich and famous!

Posted at 11:22PM on Jun 26th 2006 by mimi

58. "I am so glad that Nicole got away from that cult-like religion. I am hoping that she can undo any harm done to her kids...if it isn't too late. We all know how domineering Tom Cruise is."

You means: "We all tabloids 'brainwashed sheeps know how domineering Tom Cruise is."

Because I, know Tom was slavering himself to his capricious, annoying, pretentious, spoiled, whining, carrerist she was/is.

Unbeleivable you're buying the crap of Elle magazine, feminist shit, and the vanity Fair interview or should I say "hagiography" conduct by her ... biographer.

Lame; she never care for her kids; Tom was raising them alone. he shooted a lot of movies while she was a workaholic.
But she lies again and again in the press telling she was a full time mom!
wtf does she think she is fooling?
Not me. I read my sources not VF or Marie Claire BS****
Like the ex nanny says: "I never saw her" in her book.

Congratulations to Tom for keeping his problems private. and not responding to her aggression while divorcing.
Se said: "I don't know why we divorced " in Cannes 2001. So he got to answers the harrassing journalists: "she knows why."

Period, he never said anything else. A ture gentleman (not for the feminist of course! hell no! how dare he divorce her! why? why doesn't he speak??? )

Kidman talk about her private life to extreme. it was disrespectful for Tom and the kids.
But we know now she doesn't care.
She never see them, exept when she married.

And nicole please, why don't you visit sick kids when you've got nothing to show the world? that is-a movie, a marriage???

BOTOX MEDIA WHORE.

Posted at 11:27PM on Jun 26th 2006 by botox party

59. Because Tom had been married before, his and Nicole's marriage was not sacred in the eyes of the Catholic Church. His first marriage (to Mimi Rogers) was "sacred" in the eyes of the church, therefore she didn't need an annulment to Tom Cruise because their marriage wasn't "technically" sacred in the eyes of the Catholic Church since he had been married before. No loopholes. Happened to me as well!

Posted at 11:30PM on Jun 26th 2006 by mimi

60. I thought Nicole and Tom did conceive... right before the divorcing went on..... and that she miscarried.

Don't judge either of them. Tom's right, she knows why and he knows why they divorced. No one else's biz.

Posted at 11:33PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Moose O'Malley