Canon 1141. A marriage which is ratified and consummated cannot be dissolved by any human power or by any cause other than death.

Matrimonium ratum et consummatum nulla humana potestate nullaque causa, praeterquam morte, dissolvi potest.

Canon 1142. A non-consummated marriage between baptised persons or between a baptised party and an unbaptised party can be dissolved by the Roman Pontiff for a just reason, at the request of both parties or of either party, even if the other is unwilling.

Matrimonium non consummatum inter baptizatos vel inter partem baptizatam et partem non baptizatam a Romano Pontifice dissolvi potest iusta de causa, utraque parte rogante vel alterutra, etsi altera pars sit invita.

Canon 1143. §1 In virtue of the pauline privilege, a marriage entered into by two unbaptised persons is dissolved in favour of the faith of the party who received baptism, by the very fact that a new marriage is contracted by that same party, provided the unbaptised party departs.

§2 The unbaptised party is considered to depart if he or she is unwilling to live with the baptised party, or to live peacefully without offence to the Creator, unless the baptised party has, after the reception of baptism, given the other just cause to depart.

§1. Matrimonium initum a duobus non baptizatis solvitur ex privilegio paulino in favorem fidei partis quae baptismum recepit, ipso facto quo novum matrimonium ab eadem parte contrahitur, dummodo pars non baptizata discedat.

§2. Discedere censetur pars non baptizata, si nolit cum parte baptizata cohabitare vel cohabitare pacifice sine contumelia Creatoris, nisi haec post baptismum receptum iustam illi dederit discedendi causam.

Canon 1144. §1 For the baptised person validly to contract a new marriage, the unbaptised party must always be interpellated whether:

1° he or she also wishes to receive baptism;

2° he or she at least is willing to live peacefully with the baptised party without offence to the Creator.

§2 This interpellation is to be done after baptism. However, the local Ordinary can for a grave reason permit that the interpellation be done before baptism; indeed he can dispense from it, either before or after baptism, provided it is established, by at least a summary and extrajudicial procedure, that it cannot be made or that it would be useless.

§1. Ut pars baptizata novum matrimonium valide contrahat, pars non baptizata semper interpellari debet an:

1° velit et ipsa baptismum recipere;

2° saltem velit cum parte baptizata pacifice cohabitare, sine contumelia Creatoris.

§2. Haec interpellatio post baptismum fieri debet; at loci Ordinarius, gravi de causa, permittere potest ut interpellatio ante baptismum fiat, immo et ab interpellatione dispensare, sive ante sive post baptismum, dummodo constet modo procedendi saltem summario et extraiudiciali eam fieri non posse aut fore inutilem.

Canon 1145. As a rule, the interpellation is to be done on the authority of the local
Ordinary of the converted party. A period of time for reply is to be allowed by this
Ordinary to the other party, if indeed he or she asks for it, warning the person however that if the period passes without any reply, silence will be taken as a negative response.

§2 Even an interpellation made privately by the converted party is valid, and indeed it is lawful if the form prescribed above cannot be observed.

§3 In both cases there must be lawful proof in the external forum of the interpellation having been done and of its outcome.

§1. Interpellatio fiat regulariter de auctoritate loci Ordinarii partis conversae; a quo Ordinario concedendae sunt alteri coniugi, si quidem eas petierit, induciae ad respondendum, eodem tamen monito ut, si induciae inutiliter praeterlabantur, eius silentium pro responsione negativa habeatur.

§2. Interpellatio etiam privatim facta ab ipsa parte conversa valet, immo est licita, si forma superius praescripta servari nequeat.

§3. In utroque casu de interpellatione facta deque eiusdem exitu in foro externo legitime constare debet.

Canon 1146. The baptised party has the right to contract a new marriage with a catholic:

1° if the other party has replied in the negative to the interpellation, or if the interpellation has been lawfully omitted;

2° if the unbaptised person, whether already interpellated or not, who at first persevered in peaceful cohabitation without offence to the Creator, has subsequently departed without just cause, without prejudice to the provisions of can. 1144 and
1145.

Pars baptizata ius habet novas nuptias contrahendi cum parte catholica:

1° si altera pars negative interpellationi responderit, aut si interpellatio legitime omissa fuerit;

2° si pars non baptizata, sive iam interpellata sive non, prius perseverans in pacifica cohabitatione sine contumelia Creatoris, postea sine iusta causa discesserit, firmis praescriptis can. 1144 et 1145.

Canon 1147. However, the local Ordinary can for a grave reason allow the baptised party, using the pauline privilege, to contract marriage with a non-catholic party, whether baptised or unbaptised; in this case, the provisions of the canons on mixed marriages must also be observed.

Ordinarius loci tamen, gravi de causa, concedere potest ut pars baptizata, utens privilegio paulino, contrahat matrimonium cum parte non catholica sive baptizata sive non baptizata, servatis etiam praescriptis canonum de matrimoniis mixtis.

Canon 1148. §1 When an unbaptised man who simultaneously has a number of unbaptised wives, has received baptism in the catholic Church, if it would be a hardship for him to remain with the first of the wives, he may retain one of them, having dismissed the others. The same applies to an unbaptised woman who simultaneously has a number of unbaptised husbands.

§2 In the cases mentioned in §1, when baptism has been received, the marriage is to be contracted in the legal form, with due observance, if need be, of the provisions concerning mixed marriages and of other provisions of law.

§3 In the light of the moral, social and economic circumstances of place and person, the local Ordinary is to ensure that adequate provision is made, in accordance with the norms of justice, christian charity and natural equity, for the needs of the first wife and of the others who have been dismissed.

§1. Non baptizatus, qui plures uxores non baptizatas simul habeat, recepto in Ecclesia catholica baptismo, si durum ei sit cum earum prima permanere, unam ex illis, ceteris dimissis, retinere potest. Idem valet de muliere non baptizata, quae plures maritos non baptizatos simul habeat.

§2. In casibus de quibus in §1, matrimonium, recepto baptismo, forma legitima contrahendum est, servatis etiam, si opus sit, praescriptis de matrimoniis mixtis et aliis de iure servandis.

§3. Ordinarius loci, prae oculis habita condicione morali, sociali, oeconomica locorum et personarum, curet ut primae uxoris ceterarumque dimissarum necessitatibus satis provisum sit, iuxta normas iustitiae, christianae caritatis et naturalis aequitatis.

Canon 1149. An unbaptised person who, having received baptism in the catholic
Church, cannot re-establish cohabitation with his or her unbaptised spouse by reason of captivity or persecution, can contract another marriage, even if the other party has in the meantime received baptism, without prejudice to the provisions of can. 1141.

Non baptizatus qui, recepto in Ecclesia catholica baptismo, cum coniuge non baptizato ratione captivitatis vel persecutionis cohabitationem restaurare nequeat, aliud matrimonium contrahere potest, etiamsi altera pars baptismum interea receperit, firmo praescripto can. 1141.

Canon 1150. In a doubtful matter the privilege of the faith enjoys the favour of law.

In re dubia privilegium fidei gaudet favore iuris.

Canon 1151. Spouses have the obligation and the right to maintain their common conjugal life, unless a lawful reason excuses them.

Coniuges habent officium et ius servandi convictum coniugalem, nisi legitima causa eos excuset.

Canon 1152. §1 It is earnestly recommended that a spouse, motivated by christian charity and solicitous for the good of the family, should not refuse to pardon an adulterous partner and should not sunder the conjugal life. Nevertheless, if that spouse has not either expressly or tacitly condoned the other’s fault, he or she has the right to sever the common conjugal life, provided he or she has not consented to the adultery, nor been the cause of it, nor also committed adultery.

§2 Tacit condonation occurs if the innocent spouse, after becoming aware of the adultery, has willingly engaged in a marital relationship with the other spouse; it is presumed, however, if the innocent spouse has maintained the common conjugal life for six months, and has not had recourse to ecclesiastical or to civil authority.

§3 Within six months of having spontaneously terminated the common conjugal life, the innocent spouse is to bring a case for separation to the competent ecclesiastical authority. Having examined all the circumstances, this authority is to consider whether the innocent spouse can be brought to condone the fault and not prolong the separation permanently.

§1. Licet enixe commendetur ut coniux, caritate christiana motus et boni familiae sollicitus, veniam non abnuat comparti adulterae atque vitam coniugalem non disrumpat, si tamen eiusdem culpam expresse aut tacite non condonaverit, ius ipsi est solvendi coniugalem convictum, nisi in adulterium consenserit aut eidem causam dederit aut ipse quoque adulterium commiserit.

§2. Tacita condonatio habetur si coniux innocens, postquam de adulterio certior factus est, sponte cum altero coniuge maritali affectu conversatus fuerit; praesumitur vero, si per sex menses coniugalem convictum servaverit, neque recursum apud auctoritatem ecclesiasticam vel civilem fecerit.

§3. Si coniux innocens sponte convictum coniugalem solverit, intra sex menses causam separationis deferat ad competentem auctoritatem ecclesiasticam, quae, omnibus inspectis adiunctis, perpendat si coniux innocens adduci possit ad culpam condonandam et ad separationem in perpetuum non protrahendam.

Canon 1153. §1 A spouse who occasions grave danger of soul or body to the other or to the children, or otherwise makes the common life unduly difficult, provides the other spouse with a reason to leave, either by a decree of the local Ordinary or, if there is danger in delay, even on his or her own authority.

§2 In all cases, when the reason for separation ceases, the common conjugal life is to be restored, unless otherwise provided by ecclesiastical authority.

§1. Si alteruter coniugum grave seu animi seu corporis periculum alteri aut proli facessat, vel aliter vitam communem nimis duram reddat, alteri legitimam praebet causam discedendi, decreto Ordinarii loci et, si periculum sit in mora, etiam propria auctoritate.

§2. In omnibus casibus, causa separationis cessante, coniugalis convictus restaurandus est, nisi ab auctoritate ecclesiastica aliter statuatur.

Canon 1154. When a separation of spouses has taken place, provision is always, and in good time, to be made for the due maintenance and upbringing of the children.

Instituta separatione coniugum, opportune semper cavendum est debitae filiorum sustentationi et educationi.

Canon 1155. The innocent spouse may laudably readmit the other spouse to the conjugal life, in which case he or she renounces the right to separation .

Coniux innocens laudabiliter alterum coniugem ad vitam coniugalem rursus admittere potest, quo in casu iuri separationis renuntiat.