my friend is a roman catholic and she wants to marry a guy who is a hindu(4rm india i guess). is it right? i mean is it agaist the catholic beliefs to marry a guy who does not belong to your religion? is there proof for this in the biblE? is it really a big thing if u inter marry?
2006-09-30 17:54:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Catholic Church allows marriage between Catholics and non-Catholics.
Because the Church recognizes the tremendous challenge that the interfaith couple will face, they may have to get permission from the bishop.
With love in Christ.
2006-10-01 14:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they are getting married in the Catholic church, he will be required to convert. I am not entirely sure why but that is the rule of the church. My mother was Buddhist and had to convert to marry my father in the Catholic church. However, a friend of mine who is Catholic chose to marry a Hindu man and they had a Hindu service outside of the Catholic church. It's up to the couple what they want to do.
And to all those people who put down formal religions, it really does no one any good to "hate on" another religion. Accept that there are differences and that the churches are what they are. You can believe or not, choose to worship as you will, no one is saying you HAVE to do anything. If you don't want to convert, don't convert. If you don't want to practice Catholicism then why do you want to be married in the Catholic church in the first place? These are the real questions.
2006-09-30 18:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by elk312 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an ex-colleague who is a pious Catholic. Her husband's also from India and he's a devout Hindu. Their marriage is perfectly fine. Aside from the little hindu statue they keep in the kitchen, there isn't any other religious items in the house.
I asked my ex-colleague if the difference in religion had caused them any inconvenience, she said her husband had been compromising as much as she did. For instance, she allowed him to have the hindu statue in the kitchen while he agreed to enrol their daughter in a Catholic kindergarten. They also agreed that their daughter gets to choose her own religion when she gets older. So disputes over religious beliefs were almost non existent.
My ex-colleague's faith in God hasn't dwindled even though she married a hindu. In fact, she gave up a highly paid job to do social work. She believes that her religion is her personal relationship with God and it shouldn't involve her partner.
2006-09-30 18:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by citrusy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not to hate on the catholic church, but they are jerks. They are not going to marry your friend to a Hindu man. They will only marry her if he is a catholic, and the promise to have children. The Catholic church makes up a lot of stuff, for example they teach that using any kind of birth control is a sin.
2006-09-30 18:01:40 · answer #4 · answered by Mary S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
my catholic priest told me that I should marry a catholic girl when i grow up, because it will be hard on the kids to decide what religion, but my dad was hindu and my mom catholic, but i'm still a catholic, honestly u guys should stop hating on catholics since theyre alot more tolerant than the hindus in this situation, u arent even supposed to marry outside ur caste
2006-09-30 17:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, I'm atheist so I really don't know their customs and beliefs concerning intermarriage. In my own personal opinion, I think you should be free to marry the one you love. Period. I hope things work out favorably for your friends.
2006-09-30 17:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For God's sake marry who you love. I wouldn't let any religion get in between me and the one I love. F U C K any priests who wouldn't marry your parents.
2006-09-30 17:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I m sure u will get idiotic replies from catholics
Both marry and follow their religions...no prob
2006-09-30 20:33:27 · answer #8 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be your friend can convert to Hinduism, a religion of great wisdom.
2006-10-02 07:28:37 · answer #9 · answered by enlight100 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
same goes with Islam in Malaysia... unless you convert and give up any thoughts of eating pork and keeping dogs!
2006-09-30 18:09:07 · answer #10 · answered by june81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋