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Hmm…Is That Valid? – The Inner Life – October 21, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

On today’s Inner Life, Fr. Ramil Fajardo educates on marriage and annulments, asking “Hmm Is That Valid”?

  • (6:02) Destination Weddings And Marrying Inside A Church
  • (11:45) Good Marriages Are Living Homilies
  • Break 1
  • (22:10) The Church Can’t Annul A Valid Marriage
  • (31:36) Email – Connie: Pauline Privilege & Petrine Privilege
  • (34:33) Tony – I got an annulment. I got married young and didn’t know what we were doing. I want to give some hope to those who are trying to get an annulment.
  • (39:06) Annulments are not guaranteed
  • Break 2
  • (42:17) Helen – I got an annulment and it was extremely healing. I don’t think I would have healed as quickly without it. There’s a lot of learning that people should not be afraid of.
  • (45:42) John – Can marriage be considered sacramental if one of the persons is not baptized?
  • (48:58) Ryan – One of my lifelong best friends who was married for over 10 years, had a son, and adopted a daughter. When working on adoption, she had an affair with a woman. Can he seek an annulment and be successful?

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.