Over 600 couples tie the knot in Asunción, Paraguay’s mass civil wedding
The government initiative helped over 600 couples overcome economic and bureaucratic barriers to access legal benefits such as social security, pensions, and inheritance rights.
- More than 600 couples legally formalized their unions in a mass wedding organized by the Civil Registry on Saturday, October 4, 2025, in Asunción, Paraguay.
- Last week, 120 couples participated in a large-scale wedding event held in Ciudad del Este, supported by a government initiative aimed at overcoming economic and administrative obstacles to marriage.
- The offices overseeing civil registrations and the first lady’s team focused on assisting long-term vulnerable couples, with nearly half of these newlyweds accompanied by their children, and most couples receiving blessings from Catholic and Protestant religious leaders.
- Roque Strubing, director of communications for the Civil Registry, emphasized that Paraguay supports love, values family, and encourages the official recognition of marriages, while Vice President Pedro Alliana affirmed that everyone in the country has the right to legally formalize their partnership.
- The event is part of a government effort to broaden access to civil marriages nationwide, enabling couples to formalize their unions and gain legal protections like eligibility for welfare programs, retirement funds, and property succession, which were previously inaccessible due to economic or administrative obstacles.
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Hundreds of couples said "Yes, I do" in unison as part of a government initiative held on Saturday in Paraguay to make civil weddings more accessible throughout the country.Keep reading...
Over 600 couples tie the knot in Asunción, Paraguay’s mass civil wedding – UK Times
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Over 600 couples tie the knot in Asunción, Paraguay's mass civil wedding
More than 600 couples have married simultaneously in Asunción, Paraguay. This mass wedding on Saturday is part of a government initiative to make civil weddings more accessible.
More than 600 couples were married at the largest collective wedding in Paraguay's history, in a free ceremony.
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