[dangus]

That a lower number of Catholics are marrying in the church is terribly distressing. I am not, however, distressed that 30% of Catholics who do marry in the Church marry a non-Catholic. in fact, it's a great thing if their priests are insisting that the non-Catholic converts. Marriage is one of the chief mechanisms by which the RCC in USA converts, and converts-by-marriage are known for being more knowledgeable about their faith that than Catholics by birth.

[sinkspur]

I am not, however, distressed that 30% of Catholics who do marry in the Church marry a non-Catholic. in fact, it's a great thing if their priests are insisting that the non-Catholic converts.

I don't believe that most priests (or deacons, for that matter) are insisting that non-Catholics who marry Catholics convert. In fact, I'm sure they're not.

To require that as a condition for marriage would likely be grounds for an annulment later, if the marriage failed.