Posted on 08/21/2011 3:34:58 PM PDT by NYer
Thank you both for your explanations of Baptism and the Catholic Church.
The little knowledge I have on this particular subject is because my wife's relative is soon marrying a Japanese agnostic :), so we had the run-around on what can be done or not.
In this modern day and age, of course people from different faiths marry -- I personally have cousins who have been married for decades to those from not only various Christian denominations but also one to a Hindu. In all of these cases, the pre-marital course helped -- it also helped my wife and me and I strongly recommend it even to non-Catholics
It's simple -- just a bunch of questions to the couple so they both know what each wants.
From the catechism: 1635 According to the law in force in the Latin Church, a mixed marriage needs for liceity the express permission of ecclesiastical authority.137 In case of disparity of cult an express dispensation from this impediment is required for the validity of the marriage.138 This permission or dispensation presupposes that both parties know and do not exclude the essential ends and properties of marriage; and furthermore that the Catholic party confirms the obligations, which have been made known to the non-Catholic party, of preserving his or her own faith and ensuring the baptism and education of the children in the Catholic Church.139
My wife was unbaptized when we married (She was received into the church via RCIA and baptized at the same time as our first daughter), there could be no nuptial Mass but there was a wedding ceremony officiated by a priest.
Thanks, Kit .. ;)
What a touching and tenderly beautiful explanation.
Thanks for posting.
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