Catholic Wedding: Between Catholic and a Hindu

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My GF and been together for a while and we have started to discuss next steps.

I was raised a catholic, but I am not an actively practicing one (e.g., I don’t go to church every Sunday). My GF is Hindu but like me in the sense that she is not actively practicing one.

We have started talking about marriage and one of the items we agreed is getting married in a catholic church. I understand there’s a lot of steps involved; but I have a few high-level questions.
  1. Due to the fact that she is Hindu - is this even possible to get married in a catholic church?
  2. Would it be an issue if get court married before a catholic marriage? We want to get married, legally speaking due to various reasons.
  3. Would by next step be starting a conversation with my Church / Priest?
 
Follow the advice of @TheLittleLady. It certainly is not impossible. My son is and has been a solid Catholic. He married a wonderful woman who is Hindu (albeit not strongly so, more secular). The priest will the best person to evaluate and guide you through what is necessary.

I guess I also have a question for you. Do you plan to become active in your faith? If not, why is Marriage in a Catholic Church meaningful?
 
We get questions like these here fairly frequently and of course the answer is the same: discuss with your pastor.

What I find more puzzling is why Catholics would marry outside their faith, and bring upon themselves all the problems that come with it?

Yes, yes, it’s allowed. That’s not the point.

Marriage for Catholics is supposed to be a Sacrament, an image of Christ and his Church, ordered towards the formation of a Christian community, the most fundamental of communities: the family. One would think that sharing the same faith should be a first qualification in any prospective marriage partner, since faith is a core value.
 
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My GF is Hindu but like me in the sense that she is not actively practicing one.
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  1. Due to the fact that she is Hindu - is this even possible to get married in a catholic church? …
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Only marriages with both validly baptised can receive sacramental grace, and the fruitfulness of that grace, specific to matrimony, is through conserving or regaining the state of sanctifying grace. Do you want this help of grace? (Grace is a supernatural gift of God.)
 
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What’s the point of marrying in the Church if you don’t practice anyways?
 
@Mtatum1958 @VanitasVanitatum

I believe in having a personal relationship with God and that’s how I have lived my life in my adulthood. Most of my family is religious with my mom being a devout catholic. I am doing it for her.

Love is love. No matter what religion, race, nationality a person is - I extend my love to everyone.
 
Since I’m assuming you were baptized Catholic you must get married in the Catholic Church. Talk to your parish priest.
 
All the more reason for the two of you to have an honest conversation with the priest where you want to marry. Marriage in the Church has much more meaning than you seem to understand from your comment.
 
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What I find more puzzling is why Catholics would marry outside their faith, and bring upon themselves all the problems that come with it?
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Because sometimes a person falls in love with someone outside his religious group, and when people are in love they generally want to get married (or at least have that option available).
 
If they know he is not a practicing Catholic than getting married in the Church is little more than a gesture.
 
Perhaps his mom is hoping the preparation experience will bring him back to mass.
 
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What I find more puzzling is why Catholics would marry outside their faith, and bring upon themselves all the problems that come with it?
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Because sometimes a person falls in love with someone outside his religious group, and when people are in love they generally want to get married (or at least have that option available).
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Yes indeed.

However, “fall in love” by today’s definition is purely an emotional thing, something that is never a good idea to base a decision solely on. Catholics are held to a higher standard, to temper our emotions with reason.

My post was just a comment on how little the Catholic faith plays in people’s decision-making. For Catholics, the faith ought to be a core value that requires compatibility, especially since there is a serious obligation to raise the children in the faith.

Yes, it is permitted, and yes, sometimes it works. But in most cases, the family is not Christian in character, and the children likely will not have any religion at all.
 
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I went away from the catholic church for a lot reason. The primary reason is the amount of hate a lot of so Catholics hold for people of other religion.

It doesn’t really mater how “good” a person is - the catholic church and many (NOT ALL) of its followers look down on people that are not catholic.
 
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I went away from the catholic church for a lot reason. The primary reason is the amount of hate a lot of so Catholics hold for people of other religion.

It doesn’t really mater how “good” a person is - the catholic church and many (NOT ALL) of its followers look down on people that are not catholic.
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The Catholic Church does not hate people of other religions. If that’s your basis for leaving, then you made your decision based on a lie. Read the Catechism to learn what the Church really says about those of other religions. You will not find any hate there.

Individual Catholics you may have met who did hold on to this bad attitude is do not represent the Catholic faith, and they are not a reason to leave the Church Jesus founded, if you still believe that.
 
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In my post - I explicit called out this hate is not from all Catholics. I have met plenty of Catholics who truly exercise the teaching of the Catholic church. I have also met plenty of Catholics that do not show the same amount of love.

I seen your responses to my thread. You are very militant in your belief. There is nothing wrong with that and I respect your deviation to your faith, but people like you drive many people away from the catholic church.

I fell in love with kind, good natured, amazing hindu women. People like you, and others will denounce this love because she is not catholic. I will never accept that.
 
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