A Catholic and a hindu married? Hmmm

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I know someone who is a devout catholic and possibly exploring marraige with a person who is from a hindu background. Help me…is it wrong? Opinons are welcome, as well as facts 🙂
  1. Blasphemy!
  2. God would never intend or bless the marraige (b/c it would not be a sacramental marraige)
  3. It is possible, but it would be challenging
  4. If the hindu partner agrees to raise the children catholic etc
  5. If the two people really love eachother
 
I think the crux of the biscuit is: is the Hindu willing to explore the Faith of the Church?
 
To me the crux is is the Hindu willing to respect the Faith of the Church.

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well, the hindu partner does respect the Catholic faith of the other person…but isn’t neccessarily looking into conversion. The hindu is not a practicing one, and sees its beliefs as false, but it is more the family and the culture that are the hindu influence. The hindu person is very “spiritual” but not so religious. :hmmm:
 
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well, the hindu partner does respect the Catholic faith of the other person…but isn’t neccessarily looking into conversion. The hindu is not a practicing one, and sees its beliefs as false, but it is more the family and the culture that are the hindu influence. The hindu person is very “spiritual” but not so religious. :hmmm:
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Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. What happens when the kids are born?
 
well, they would be catholic. They have discussed it and the hindu partner says that the children could be raised catholic, and that he would even attend mass every week, but may never convert.
 
Why not get married?

God wants Hindus to become Catholic as well. 😉

The MAIN factor, is if the Hindu will agree to have the Children raised as Catholic…if he says yes…that is gonna be a vow to the Church…and to God…if children come later and he doesnt live up to the promise…up to and even annullment can be considered…cause making a promise like that and not fullfilling it indicates there wasnt a proper understanding of what it means to enter into a Catholic marriage…hope it doesnt come to that!
 
If they do get married, make sure they don’t go to Fatima on their honeymoon. :rolleyes:
 
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well, they would be catholic. They have discussed it and the hindu partner says that the children could be raised catholic, and that he would even attend mass every week, but may never convert.
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Have your friend read CCC 1633-1637. Your Catholic friend will have to obtain a dispensation for the marriage to be valid.

Surely with 1 billion+ Catholics in the world your friend can find a Catholic mate. If someone as impatient as I is willing to wait for a single Catholic woman to come my way, then surely your friend can as well.
 
its not wrong to marry someone of another faith. As long as they are a good person I find it hard to believe anyone is ‘wrong’ in the eyes of god. I find it so hard to believe people can label people of other religions wrong. I mean, i have friends of different religions and I believe God accepts everyone who tries to be a good person…I would find it impossible to believe my Jewish and Hindu friends are going to Hell. Unless people of differnet religions learn to accept each other instead of trying to convert each other the world will never make progress. And as for the kids, expose them to both religions and let them choose.
 
While it is now allowed (with a dispensation from the bishop), that sort of marriage would be very challenging. Unless the Hindu gives 100% assurance that the children will be raised Catholic and he will not present any obstacles to that, I wouldn’t do it. Even though canon law only requires that the Catholic spouse do their best and places no duty upon the non-Catholic, I think that’s far too little assurance when the souls of children are at stake.
 
I do not think this type of marriage is condoned by God, personally. If she’s Catholic, why not marry a Catholic man? There’s lots of them out there and it would be a lot easier on the children and I don’t think this sort of thing should be supported.
 
well, unfortunately for her, finding a good catholic man has been a really tough thing. And this guy is really and truly one of the sweetest most sincere people, and he said he would not only be supportive in helping to raise the children catholic but that he would help in any way he could. Don’t you think that depending on the people such a marraige has a chance? I don’t know :confused:
 
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