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Dear Abby notes on Jackie Kennedy divorce remarriage controversy
A Catholic reader asks why Cardinal Cushing said Jackie Kennedy may marry a divorced man while she and others face church penalties. Abby cites Cushing remarks that Kennedy could marry who she wishes but not within the church and explains how some marriages outside the church can later be validated, with examples from archdiocese guidance.
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