{"id":23648,"date":"2014-08-23T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=23648"},"modified":"2014-08-26T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:11:20","slug":"marian-needs-re-baptism-from-catholic-church-before-getting-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/23\/marian-needs-re-baptism-from-catholic-church-before-getting-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Marian needs ‘re-baptism’ from Catholic Church before getting married"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marian showing off her Harry Winston engagement ring to her ‘tatay.’ Photo courtesy of @therealmarian on Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Now that Kapuso superstars Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera are engaged and have picked a date, they’re on full swing when it comes to wedding preparations.<\/p>\n

A wee bit of a snag on Marian’s end, though: She needs to be baptized again in the Catholic church before her wedding.<\/p>\n

According to an interview with PEP.ph, Marian was baptized in Spain where she was born. Apparently, this means that her christening is not recognized in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

This was no problem at all with Marian–a devout Catholic–who decided to get “re-baptized” on September 8th, which also happens to be the Virgin Mary’s birthday. She wants to do the ceremony in a church in her hometown in Cavite.<\/p>\n

For her wedding, Marian hopes that her dad\u00a0Francisco Javier Gracia Alonso would fly all the way from Spain to walk her down the aisle.<\/p>\n

She promised her fans that she’ll share as many details about her wedding as she can, including the chosen designer who will make her wedding gown.<\/p>\n

Aside from all the wedding preparations, Marian keeps herself busy with her primetime dance show on GMA 7 and she is currently filming a movie with Vic Sotto for the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Dingdong and Marian are set to tie the knot on December 30 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City.<\/p>\n

With report from Jojo Gabinete<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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