If a Muslim who has four wives and has children with each of the wives, wishes to convert to Catholicism, what should he do with the wives, since marriage in Catholicism is only between one man and one woman, and divorce is prohibited?
As far as I know, historically, the Church has consistently asked the husband to acknowledge only one of them to be his wife. He may continue to care for the others, but upon baptism he may only live and have marital relation with only one of them.
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