Can Catholics marry non-Catholics within the Church?
Of course a non-catholic can marry a catholic in the church… The couple must promise to raise their children Catholic. The non-catholic doesn’t partake in the sacraments, but their marriage is valid, in the eyes of the church… The couple needs to talk to their priest… and he’s “stuffy” talk to one who is a bit more liberal. They will be fine.
A Catholic and a non-Catholic can be married in the Catholic Church. A priest can guide you through the preparation and requirements, which include receiving the permission of your bishop (usually routinely granted) and fulfilling certain other special conditions. The Code of Canon Law, the law of the Catholic Church (Latin Rite), lists these three special conditions: “Canon 1125 …1) the Catholic party is to declare that he or she is prepared to remove dangers of defecting from the faith, and is to make a sincere promise to do all in his or her power in order that all the children be baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church; “2) the other party is to be informed in good time of these promises to be made by the Catholic party, so that it is certain that he or she is truly aware of the promise and of the obligation of the Catholic party…” “3) both parties are to be instructed about the purposes and essential properties of marriage, which are not to be excluded by either contrac
