I am not religious, but my boyfriend is Catholic, and Ive heard that I have to convert to Catholicism if I want to marry him. Is that true?
1. I am not religious, but my boyfriend is Catholic, and I’ve heard that I have to convert to Catholicism if I want to marry him. Is that true? Not really. There are so-called mixed marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics (but who are Christian), and also between Catholics and non-Christians. But chances are they won’t tell you that and will do everything they can to get you to convert. My advice is to follow your own instinct. They’ll probably want to know if you’ve been baptized by a Christian church (that they recognize as valid for baptisms). 2. What is involved in converting to Catholicism? What process does one have to go through? One enters into a sort of course, which is actually a rite. It’s a year-long thing, goes from September to Easter, meeting once a week. It’s called the RCIA (just search at Google, using keywords >> Catholic RCIA ) 3. I have been asked to go to mass with my boyfriend, and I’m very nervous about doing so since I am not Catholic and won’t know what
