Are Roman Catholic Masses allowed to take place in a Anglican or Orthodox Church?

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If there was no Catholic Church nearby?
 
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It seems it is possible. From the Code of Canon Law:
Canon 933 For a just cause and with the express permission of the local ordinary, a priest is permitted to celebrate the Eucharist in the place of worship of some Church or ecclesial community which does not have full communion with the Catholic Church so long as there is no scandal. (source)
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Anglican churches: Yes.
Eastern Orthodox churches: I do not know.

I live in England and I do know that Church of England churches are used by Catholics for Mass. This primarily happens in rural areas where there is no Catholic church or chapel of ease.
 
It’s not at all uncommon for masses to happen in an Anglican church. they can also take place in an Orthodox church in theory but I the differences in physical layout might pose problems and I’m also not sure the Orthodox would be all that keen on the idea
 
We’ve had several Catholic funeral Masses celebrated at our local Pentecostal church simply because it’s the largest church in our Town. They very generously welcome our parish and all other ecclesial communities who find themselves in need of extra space for funerals.
 
In my Anglican diocese Catholic Masses are sometimes celebrated in CofE churches. I first encountered this in the mid 1980’s.My diocese more recently made a formal agreement with the Catholic Diocese to share one of our churches for Catholic worship.

There are occasional Catholic Masses celebrated at the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.

A few years ago our Anglican Cathedral was used for an Orthodox funeral.
 
For a while we had weekly Mass in a gym - complete with basketball hoop above the altar. If that’s OK then I’m sure non Catholic Christian churches are fine.
 
If there is good reason, then yes.

However, if it is a cause for scandal among the local Catholics, then a gym, theater, conference center, or large enough house might be a better choice.

As an example: in Germany, there are a number of historic churches that are used by BOTH Catholics and Lutherans.

So it can and does happen. But it should always be an exception and not the norm; and should NOT happen if it is a cause of scandal for the local Catholic community.
 
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For a while we had weekly Mass in a gym - complete with basketball hoop above the altar. If that’s OK then I’m sure non Catholic Christian churches are fine.
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As phil mentioned above, the cause for concern would be scandal, specifically the scandal of religious indifferentism. We need to avoid giving the impression that non-Catholic religions, even Christian ones, are as good as the true faith or that a union exists between us which really doesn’t. There can be a danger of this when sharing a common altar or temple/church building.

There’s usually no danger of someone thinking basketball is an equal religion to the Catholic faith.
 
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