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  1. Home. / Culture. / Catholic Contributions. Must Catholics Marry in a Church? FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS. Do Catholics have to be married in the Catholic Church? The "straight answer" is simply "yes," but lets understand also the "why." In the Sacrament of Marriage, a baptized Christian man exchanges vows with a baptized Christian woman.

  2. Apr 14, 2021 · There are many reasons the Church requires a Catholic bride and groom to be married in a church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says in paragraph #1631: “This is the reason why the Church normally requires that the faithful contract marriage according to the ecclesiastical form.

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  4. Answer: Scripture does not say that we must marry in a church. This is a matter of canon law, not divine law. The reason the Church asks Catholics to marry in a church is to remind us that marriage is a sacrament.

  5. Jun 16, 2023 · Yes, you absolutely can. It is very common, in fact. The Catholic partner will be asked to agree that any children the couple have together will be raised as Catholics, with the non-Catholic ...

  6. Oct 25, 2018 · In 2013, I was asked to speak about Sacramental Marriage at the Wisconsin Catholics at the Capitol conference in Madison. The focus of the presentation was to clarify Sacramental as defined by the Catholic Church in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1601 and to explain why this view of marriage brings the most […]

  7. Jul 29, 2018 · (The church is more open on this than those who adhere to Je ELEANOR’S QUESTION: Is it sinful for Catholics to attend a wedding between a Catholic and a Jew, performed by a rabbi? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: No.

  8. A valid Catholic marriage results from four elements: (1) the spouses are free to marry; (2) they freely exchange their consent; (3) in consenting to marry, they have the intention to marry for life, to be faithful to one another and be open to children; and (4) their consent is given in the canonical form, i.e., in the presence of two ...

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