Does my fiance have to convert to Catholicism?

You can choose to not convert to Catholicism and still hold a Catholic wedding. You can choose to covert to Catholicism, so you and your fiancé can have a complete Catholic mass that does include communion.

Do you have to convert to Catholic to marry a Catholic?

The Catholic Church requires a dispensation for mixed marriages. The Catholic party’s ordinary (typically a bishop) has the authority to grant them. The baptized non-Catholic partner does not have to convert. The non-Catholic partner must be made “truly aware” of the meaning of the Catholic party’s promise.

Can you get remarried in the Catholic Church?

He or she cannot validly marry again in the Catholic Church. Remarriage isn’t out of the question for Catholics: Due to the lifelong commitment that’s required for the Sacrament of Matrimony, Catholics can marry only someone who’s widowed or who wasn’t married before.

Can a Catholic marry a non-Catholic who has been married before?

The Church still discourages such marriages, however. If one of the partners, Catholic or non-Catholic Christian, has been married before, he or she is free to marry only if his or her spouse has died or he or she has obtained a declaration of nullity from the Church. The mere fact of a divorce is not sufficient to prove the nullity of a marriage.

Does the Catholic Church recognize marriages between two women?

The Catholic Church does not recognize, even as a civil marriage, a contracted relationship between two men or two women. It’s an old joke that some Catholics only see the inside of a church when they are “carried [at baptism ], married, and buried.”

Can You Marry your cousin in the Catholic Church?

Still, if the dispensation is granted, a non-sacramental marriage is valid and can take place inside of a Catholic church. Legal prohibitions on marriage between cousins (and other close blood relationships, such as uncle and niece) stem from the Church’s ban on such marriages.

Is a dispensation marriage valid in the Catholic Church?

If the Catholic party arranged with his/her pastor to obtain a dispensation in advance, and was married in a Catholic wedding ceremony, the marriage is recognized by the Catholic Church as valid. In no way can a Catholic who was married in this sort of scenario be faulted for doing something morally objectionable!