2006-11-12 23:29:31 · 12 answers · asked by joanna d 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
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.
2006-11-13 16:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Yes. There are actually three different ceremonies for weddings in the Catholic church. Things like, Catholic to Catholic, CAtholic to Christian, Catholic to non-Christian. As long as one person in the union is Catholic, the Catholic church will marry them.
2006-11-13 07:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're going to require the unbaptized person to be Baptized and Confirmed to be married in a Catholic church. I had a relative that went through that at one point.
2006-11-13 07:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can confirm what Steph and Marysia say as I am not a Catholic - not a Christian at all, in fact - but married my Catholic wife in a Catholic church.
However, I had to agree to allow her to bring up our children in the faith, and we had to attend a two-day pre-marriage course run by the church.
This may, of course, not apply to all priests: I imagine they have a certain degree of flexibility. But it's good business, good advertising if you like, so I can't see most turning it down.
2006-11-13 11:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not catholic, but the important thing is that you both agree on the "religion" to start with. You need to have similar beliefs, otherwise it will be a point of contention. The Bible says don't be unequally yolked to unbelievers.
2006-11-13 07:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My best friend just got married and she's catholic buy her now husband isn't. They had to take marriage classes and communion (sp?) couldn't be serve because he wasn't catholic
2006-11-13 08:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
joanna - just seconding steph's post. she is 100% correct. Communion for those catholic can still be offered. in the old days, they would be married on the "side altar" but now a days it's quite common. they would still have to attend the pre cana classes and such and agree to raise their children catholic.
2006-11-13 08:27:07 · answer #7 · answered by Marysia 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
My sister is catholic (like the rest of our family) and married a man who wasn't baptized
2006-11-14 15:19:25 · answer #8 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion being Catholic is yes, but I am probably wrong.
2006-11-13 07:31:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The ceremony is different, but you'd need to have been to a lot of them before you noticed.
2006-11-13 07:34:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋