Non-Sacramental marriages

[YehoiakhinEx232]

I have a close friend of mine who used to be attracted to the Church and devotion to Mary, but couldn’t join because of her parents, I don’t know where she stands now.

This friend is now about be married in a Protestant service, and I just want to ask, how concerned I should be over this, what’s the nature of a non-Sacramental marriage?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not judging her or anything, I’m glad she has someone special in her life. But I do sort of have feelings of guilt over not praying for her, and not doing more to help her, because I believe she has the potential to be a really great Saint. So I just to know how concerned I should be over this.

 

[Elf01]

If neither she nor her husband were never Catholic the marriage would be seen as valid by the Catholic Church. If they are both baptized it is sacramental.

 

[1ke]

how concerned I should be over this, what’s the nature of a non-Sacramental marriage?

Not at all concerned.

She is not a Catholic. Therefore, she is not bound by the Catholic canon laws on marriage as they pertain to the form of marriage.

If she and her fiancé are baptized, their marriage will be a sacrament. If one or both are unbaptized, it will be a valid natural marriage.

 

[YehoiakhinEx232]

She grew up in a Catholic household and I think even went to a Catholic School, but her parents left the Faith, I’m not sure how old she was when that happened, and she understood about it.