I don’t know. Would like to know the answer, though, as our daughter has been dating a non-Catholic lately and they seem somewhat serious at times.
While I’m not a Catholic, it is my understanding that true Catholics aren’t advised to marry non-Catholics, if at all.
a catholic cannot have a catholic ceremony if marrying a non catholic...
sometimes dual ceremonies are allowed, but they will not receive the blessing of the catholic church...
When true love happens, even man-made religions succumb in attempts at preventing it.
God bestows marriage, not the Catholic church.
And He bestows it - even on unbelievers - in accordance with the first marriage He ordained in the Garden of Eden.
First of all, Roman Catholics recognize the baptism of non Catholics (protestants)
Second of all this non Catholic married a Catholic by meeting with priest and agreeing to raise children in Catholic faith
The priest then reneged on participating in our marriage ceremony
So we were married in Methodist church - no marriage sacrament for him but
for 34 years while he attends Mass and partakes of all Catholic sacraments except “marriage” (as do the kids) I do not
he’ll take his chances before God of living in sin with a Methodist vs being a “good Catholic” who marries in the Catholic church- like Pelosi and the Kennedys...LOL
I have a friend who looked into this. Her son married an unbaptized woman. They had to get approval from the bishop, there was a wedding with a priest but no Mass as it was not a sacrament. The groom stays in good standing with the Church and there was wording in the ceremony to raise the children Catholic. In older times it was more strict. My dad was Serbian Orthodox and my mom Catholic. They had a ceremony with a priest but no Mass and dad had to sign a letter saying the kids would be raised Catholic. The Orthodox are not that far removed from the Catholic Church. He was baptized and a member in good standing. The Catholic Church now accepts the baptisms of many other churches.
I have a friend who looked into this. Her son married an unbaptized woman. They had to get approval from the bishop, there was a wedding with a priest but no Mass as it was not a sacrament. The groom stays in good standing with the Church and there was wording in the ceremony to raise the children Catholic. In older times it was more strict. My dad was Serbian Orthodox and my mom Catholic. They had a ceremony with a priest but no Mass and dad had to sign a letter saying the kids would be raised Catholic. The Orthodox are not that far removed from the Catholic Church. He was baptized and a member in good standing. The Catholic Church now accepts the baptisms of many other churches.
According to my understanding of the relevant Canon Laws (1108 and 1124- about 1129)
1) A Catholic can marry a baptized Non-Catholic (Protestant)only with a dispensation from the Ordinary (Bishop)note: A Priest can NOT grant a dispensation.
2) A Catholic can marry a Non- Christian (unbaptized, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist etc) only with a dispensation from Rome. note: The local Bishop can NOT grant a dispensation for Non-Christian marriages.
3) A Catholic can get married in a Protestant parish (or anyWHERE outside a Catholic parish, yet the vows (promises) can only be voiced to a Catholic priest and the priest must be the one that ask for the promises (ie “Do you John take...)
4) If the Catholic in any way knowingly avoids these “laws” (one which includes getting “married” by a Justice of the Peace) they have incurred excommunication
It may seem harsh, yet there are good valid reasons for these Church laws. Rogue priests have ignored these laws at the expense of many Catholics.