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fakename
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What is this, and what church laws apply to it?
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Corki
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Do you mean Catholics marrying others who are unbaptized? All Catholics are baptized. 
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fakename
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I guess when I heard it, it sounded like “Catholics (people who hold to all the catholic propositions) who are old enough to marry, yet haven’t been baptized.”
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prstoessel
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If your question is asking about whether a Catholic can marry someone who is not baptized, the answer is yes. See your local parish priest or deacon for more details.
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davidv
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As a poster above has indicated, a person old enough to marry who isn’t baptised, is not a Catholic. As a result your original question makes no sense.
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Corki
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A person who believes what the Church teaches but who has not yet been baptized is not a Catholic. He or she may be a catechumen if he/she is in the process of becoming Catholic. Baptism is first of the Sacraments of Initiation. All the other Sacraments (including Marriage) build on the Sacramental foundation of Baptism.
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fakename
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I guess then, replace the word “Catholic” in the original post with “catechumen” -the question still stands.
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puzzleannie
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if they are unbaptized they are not Catholics.
What is the question?
A Catholic may marry a baptized non-Catholic or an unbaptized person with the proper dispensation from the bishop, and that will be granted only if there is reasonable assurance the faith of the Catholic will not be endangered, and the Catholic must promise to raise any children of the marriage as Catholic.
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Brendan_McCabe
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They need to get baptized first, if they are not baptized then they cannot receive any of the other sacraments including marriage, baptism is the gateway to the other sacraments.
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revert_jen
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And if he or she is an adult and unbaptised, and is not in the process of becoming Catholic, then he or she doesn’t believe what the Church teaches, unless there is some external danger associated with baptism.
You can ask for a dispensation from your bishop to marry a non-Christian (= an unbaptised person). But if the person believes in what the Church teaches, it would be MUCH better for the person to be baptised before the wedding, rather than after.
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Joe_Kelley
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However, with the proper dispensations/permissions from the Bishop, a Catholic may enter into a valid natural [non-sacramental] marriage with one who has not been baptized. If the spouse is later baptized the marriage automatically becomes sacramental.
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prstoessel
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They can still have a valid marriage wiithout one of them being baptized.
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Corki
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So, is your question what marriage rules applly to Catechumens?
Until they are baptized, the Church would treat their marriage the same as any non-Baptized person’s marriage. It might be valid but would not be Sacramental. When the person becomes Catholic, the marriage becomes Sacramental provided the other party is a Baptized Christian.
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1ke
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Your post doesn’t make any sense.
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