The Catholic Church, for whatever reason, does allow Christians to marry all sorts of non-Christians. Of course then the Cardinals issue warnings to Italian women about the dangers of marrying Muslims, put two and two together there guys, but at any rate if they have received a “dispenstation” it is permitted.
It saddens me that the church allows this. I understand that the church does not want to alienate the Catholic woman by not allowing her to marry her sweetheart in the Catholic Church, but I think it seems like tacit approval of marrying a non-Christian, which gives scandal and sends a very wrong message to our young people. This marriage is surely doomed to misery and perhaps to divorce.
If one applies to the Bishop for a dispensation for disparity of cult and receives the dispensation, then yes, one may marry a non-Christian.
I agree. Knowing the Mormon marrying the Catholic, I think there is more chance he will become Catholic than that she will become Mormon.
I’ve heard the alienation argument before. In the Orthodox Church Christians may not marry non-Christians under any circumstances. Instead of alienating anyone members of the parish try first to date and marry within the Church. Sometimes that doesn’t work, and they simply know that they need to make it clear that they will only date people with valid baptisms. It’s never been an issue.
Feel free to use it as you like.Brilliant! Do I have your blessing to quote it?
Our pastor, a wonderful, conservative, deeply spiritual and hard-working priest, comes from a mixed marriage family in which his mother is not Catholic. Somehow, this family produced two priests. His brother has a parish near New Orleans.
And the kids will be what? Confused?
Mixed marriages work when one or both spouses are nominal followers of their religions. If both then religion would simply be a non-issue. In the other case it’s simply a matter of one being the truck (driving force) and the other the trailer (unconcerned with where it is pulled). The real issue is that the nomial spouse is quite likely to began to take a greater interest in their religion as they get older, and become more set it in. The practicing spouse is also only going to become more dedicated. It’s easy to agree to things when children are an event waiting to happen at some future point. It’s a little different when you actually have them and now you want them to take part in your religious background. Imagine a dedicated Catholic and an Orthodox Jew fighting it out over everything from the kids not going to a Yeshiva to having ham sandwhichs for lunch. Parental unity is very important, the kids need to grow up knowing that dad is going to back mom’s decisions and the other way around. If that doesn’t happen it’s only natural that the kids are going to find a parent they’ve decided they need to listen to and the other ceases to be an authority figure.
I hate to say this, but this is not acceptable to the Orthodox Church. Attending services in a heterodox church is unacceptable, in this case would mean automatic excommunication for the Orthodox spouse and I’m not sure how the Catholics would handle this. Having your children baptized by the heterodox is another serious sin and would again be an automatic excommuncation. Orthodox parents are under full obligation to raise their children in the Church, no expections ever. You could marry a Roman Catholic in the Orthodox Church as the RC baptism is acceptable. However, an Orthodox Christian is required to attend Othordox services and raise their children in the Church. So this isn’t a compromise, as far as the Orthodox Church is concerned this person has left the Church. He would have to cease these practices, confess these serious sins, and perform the required pentence (probably a number of years of excommunication) and only then could he receive the Eucharst in the Church.
What warning do they give italian girls about marrying Muslims?
