Saturday, June 14
Liturgical Color: Green
G.K. Chesterton died on this day in 1936.
Chesterton was a prolific writer of fiction
and non-fiction and a Catholic convert.
After his conversion he was known as a
champion of the faith because of the
many defenses he wrote of Catholicism.
What should be done if a Catholic wants to marry a non-Catholic Christian?
Church approval must be obtained for the wedding. This is because a so-called "mixed" (that is, interdenominational) marriage requires from both partners a special fidelity to Christ, so that the scandal of Christian division, which has still not been remedied, does not continue in miniature and perhaps even lead to giving up the practice of the faith.
Can a Catholic Christian marry a person from another religion?
For Catholic believers, to enter into and live in marriage with a person who belongs to another religion can cause difficulties for their own faith and for their future children. Given her responsibility for the faithful, the Church has therefore established the impediment of disparity of religion. Such a marriage can therefore be contracted validly only if a dispensation from this impediment is obtained before the wedding. The marriage is not sacramental. (YOUCat questions 267-168)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (1633-1637) and other references here.