Catholic priest explains- How BORIS JOHNSON married VALIDLY in CATHOLIC CHURCH after 2 DIVORCES!
Channel: Miles Mariae
Date: 2021-05-31

How Boris Johnson married validly in the catholic church on the 29th May 2021. Also what this signified, i.e. that he went to confession, that he committed to his catholic faith again after having abandoned it to Anglicanism as a teen and having lived publicly as an Anglican subsequently. 

ADDITION FOR CLARIFICATION RE. CONFESSION

Just to make it clear, confession is not a requirement for the validity of the sacrament of marriage, it is always a recommendation. Being in the state of grace is not necessary for the sacrament to be valid, the spiritual bond is formed between the couple by the act of saying the vows. 

Being in the state of grace (through confession) is required to receive the full fruit of the sacrament i.e the right to grace from God to help you to maintain the union. 

HOWEVER AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR IN THIS INSTANCE---!

In the case of someone who had formally made an act of rejection for the catholic faith (Like Boris in joining the church of England) confession WOULD be a canonical requirement and not just a recommendation, inasmuch as the excommunication automatically incurred by formally abandoning the catholic faith would necessarily need to be lifted (which is done via confession) to be able to partake of the sacrament of marriage. Those excommunicated cannot receive any sacrament except confession.