I am not catholic but my fiancee is and would like for us to get married in a catholic church. The problem is that I am not even baptised and really have no interest in converting.
2007-02-02 03:18:18 · 28 answers · asked by Miss emma 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes you can... I know several people that were married i the Catholic church with only one of them being Catholic.
By the way my husband and I renewed our vows in the Catholic Church 4 years after our JP wedding and he was not Catholic...we did have to go through the normal pre kana classes though and you two will be required to as well...it's sort of like pre marital counseling sessions.
Oh..one more thing it was required for my husband to allow our children to be aised in the Catholic faith.
2007-02-02 03:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, a non catholic woman can marry a catholic man in a catholic church. It is called mixed marriage if the woman is not prepared to be converted but however the children will be raised in a catholic way.
2007-02-02 03:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by keseke 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Talk to the priest of the church you would like to marry in my sister who is catholic married a Muslim man in a catholic church they just didn't have a mass but had everything else good luck
2007-02-03 07:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by carol p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom was methodist, my dad was Catholic. Of course, this is going back fifty years, but they were not allowed to be married in the Church, even though they intended to bring up all their children Catholic.
Later, though, the Catholic church did bless the marriage, when my mom became pregnant with her first child.
I'm not sure about today, though, things may have changed -
You could call the Church and ask them.
I do know something that has not changed. Our Catholic Church will not allow my mom to be buried in the same burial plot as the rest of us in the family, because she is not Catholic. Needless to say, I am a Christian, but certainly not a Catholic - not anymore.
2007-02-02 03:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know exactly how you feel. I asked a priest that same question and he said yes. There are some classes you might have to take. Like 1 or 2. But, I am baptized. My boyfriend is Catholic and I am Orthodox. I honestly think you might not be able to only because you are not baptized. I see it this way. If you love your fiancee, I would do it, If it made him happy and you of coarse. If I was to do that, I would pick my best-est friend or sister to be my god mother. or an aunt, Someone who means alot to you. A god mother is someone who will take care of you when Your immediate family is gone. It is very special. Good luck.
2007-02-02 03:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by SerbMex 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am an unbaptised non-catholic man and I married my catholic wife in a catholic church in Portugal, so the answer is a definite YES. Don't listen to all the others! The catholic church has various mixed wedding protocols - ours (and yours) is called "disparity of religions". It is true that you have to make an application first and the bishop has a look at the papers, but they do that with all weddings.
Snowbaal below gives more correct info. Congratulations and enjoy your honeymoon!
2007-02-02 03:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by Alyosha 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes they can My husband was catholic and i was not, we got married in a catholic church but I had to promise to convert which I never got round to!! we are now divorced and they dont believe in that either!!!
2007-02-02 03:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by triciamcpartlin 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. I am a non-Christian and I am married to a Roman Catholic, and our ceremony was in a Catholic church. There are church guidelines, which vary from archdiocese to archdiocese, about mixed marriages. Your fiance should speak with his parish priest about how this works. you are not required to convert; you are required to participate in the pre-cana (pre-marriage counseling process), which is a good thing overall regardless of one's faith background. You are not required to sign an agreement that the children will be raised in the Catholic faith, but your spouse is.
2007-02-02 03:22:01 · answer #8 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
The Catholic Church allows marriage between Catholics and non-baptized persons. You will have to get permission from the bishop. This is because the Church recognizes the tremendous challenge you have ahead of you.
Make an appointment with your parish priest and talk to him about your situation.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-03 16:03:12 · answer #9 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the woman is of the Greek Orthodox religion, she can marry a catholic man in a catholic church without any restrictions, but if she is of any other religion, she has to get baptized a Catholic first.
2007-02-02 03:23:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋