Are the Aragons catholics?


Just curious...... Are the Aragons catholics? They are from Mexico right? When Victoria brought the news to her family that she's married her father swears he'll go to Rome and see the Pope to get the marriage undone. However during dinner they didn't do the sign of the cross in prayers, they don't have statues of patron saints and they don't practice the holy rosary. Those are some of my observations.

I like the movie a lot but this inconsistencies really spoiled it for me.

"This is where they DIE!!!

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hahaha do you really think all catholics do that??? you watch too much tv.

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Yah specially if you are devoted to that religion and I still think its inconsistent. Too bad it shuldve been a good film.

"This is where they DIE!!!

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Okay you are just dumb if you think this was a bad film just because of that.

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And you are just dumb to react so abrasively over a differing opinion . Chew on that !

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to actually answer Nickilodspiker's question, YES. they are catholic. it is most obvious they are catholic in the end. the father makes a big deal about paul being married, meaning that if he got a divorce under the eyes of the catholic church he would still be married and unable to marry victoria. hence, being cleaver, who ever wrote the script decided to mention that paul had an anulment and would be able to marry victoria. the catholic church views divorce as a sin, they usually deny a church member a catholic funeral if they were divorced.

as for there being no statues, the family doing the sign of the cross, or practicing the rosery. maybe the film makers actually forgot to put those in. or the family was not that observant. its just a theory.

for the record i am catholic. i dont claim to be an expert but i've paid attention to my family enough to know a little about the church

"I am big, it's the pictures that got small"- Norma Desmond

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"...the catholic church views divorce as a sin, they usually deny a church member a catholic funeral if they were divorced."

WRONG!

The Catholic Church does not deny any of the sacraments to a divorced person. Being divorced, while frowned upon, actually does not affect your sacramental status because the Church does not recognize civil divorce. Rather, it is to those people who are civilly divorced AND REMARRIED OUTSIDE THE CHURCH that the Church denies the sacraments. The same is true for those who are civilly divorced and who begin another relationship while still married in the eyes of the Church. People in this situation are considered to be committing adultery. But it is very important that even to these people the Church would NOT deny a Catholic funeral. Whoever taught you that was either lying or stupid!

It is also important to point out that in this film Paul's marriage was a civil marriage and his annulment was a civil NOT a Church annulment. Many people are unaware of the fact that there is such a thing as civil annulment which has nothing whatsoever to do with the Catholic concept of an annulment.

Yes, the Aragon's are Catholic in this film. The film makers probably simply neglected to include some of the more devotional aspects of Catholic practice out of ignorance.

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My grandmother was a very devout catholic, and she didn't do any of those things. But my grandfather wasn't catholic, maybe that's why she did her praying mostly in church.

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It is too bad Nick that "inconsistencies" spoiled it for you. There are always inconsistencies in every movie. You must not like any movies at all.

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The Aragons are Catholic. There is a cross in the area where the root of the vineyard is located ( you see it clearly when Paul goes there). The Religious aspect of the family is not stressed as heavily as the cultural.

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