Catholic Dispensation for Royal Marriage

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 26, 1892

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 8.

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Catholic Dispensation for Royal Marriage

The Primitive Catholic has the following:—
The pope has granted a special dispensation permitting Prince Ferdinand of Roumania to marry the Princess Marie of Edinburgh. This puts the English royal family in a very undignified position. Two and a half millions of francs was the price of the dispensation.
It would have been cheaper for the bride to have joined the Roman Church, and it would have saved time, for that will be the eventual outcome. In fact, that is what she has already done.