The Wedding celebrated with a Catholic religious rite also produces civil effects. It is called Concordat Marriage because it is based on the Concordat between the Holy See and the Italian State...
The Wedding celebrated with a Catholic religious ceremony also produces civil effects. It is also called Concordat Marriage because it is based on the Concordat between the Holy See and the Italian State.
The procedures for civil marriage will have to be completed, and in addition you will be required:
1. Certificate of attendance to the premarital course: the Catholic Church requires prospective spouses the participation in a special course to prepare them to the marriage, to be attended at one of their Parishes of origin or at a different one; the duration of such course usually does not last longer than two months.
2. This document is issued by the Church where the sacrament was received. In case it is impossible to obtain a recent or dated baptismal certificate, it is enough to address the Parish priest, together with another (Christian) person confirming receipt of the sacrament.
3. Certificate of Confirmation: Confirmation is usually recorded in the baptismal certificate; if not, the certificate must be requested at the parish in which the ceremony took place.
4. Proof of the person's Ecclesiastical Free Status: it is required when one of the spouses, after getting sixteen years of age, has been resident in different dioceses from the current one. The Free Status proof takes place in the presence of two witnesses: the Priest starts a "processicolo" and collects the testimony of two people who have known the groom (or bride) during his/her residence in another diocese. If there are no witnesses, evidence is provided through the spouse's oath.
5. Marriage banns: after submitting such certificates, the Priest delivers to the spouses the request for civil banns to be taken to the Municipality. Then they proceed with the civil practice, after which the Civil Registrar will issue the certificate confirming the civil banns. This document, together with the religious certificates, will then be brought to the Parish priest who will interrogate the bride and groom to be separately during the so-called "consensus".
After that, the Parish priest shall issue the "Religious Banns" i.e. the banns specifying the personal details of the spouses and the place where they intend to celebrate the marriage, which will be exposed in the parish, or in both parishes if the spouses do not belong to the same parish. If the couple has decided to get married at a Diocese different from their one, the Priest of the latter issues a module called "State of the documents" which, authenticated by the Curia, will have to be delivered to the selected Parish in order to proceed to the marriage. After the celebration, the Priest fills in the marriage certificate in duplicate, and within the next 5 days he shall send a copy to the Civil Registrar of the Municipality where the wedding took place. The Registrar transcribes the act on the following day and communicates its completion to the Priest.
The State allows cults different from the Roman Catholic Apostolic religion.