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The 92-year-old Le Pen and his 88-year-old wife Jany have been married civilly since 1991.
At a brief ceremony that took place on January 16 at the couple s home in the western Parisian suburb of Saint-Cloud, their union was blessed officially by the Church.
Social media lit up with news after a short video of the service, which appeared to take place around a dinner table, was posted on the far-right website Boulevard Voltaire .
It shows Father Philippe Laguérie blessing Mr. and Mrs. Le Pen s wedding bands in Latin.
The priest is one the founders of the Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP), which was established in 2006 to propagate the Tridentine Rite and doctrinal treasures that characterized the Church prior to the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).