Can an agnostic marry a Catholic in the Catholic Church?

Answer 1

I believe the "rules" say that offspring must be bought up in the Catholic faith; in practice I'm sure it happens all the time! I recall a priest being interviewed who said that when he discussed faith with parishioners there was an unsaid feeling that the parishioner didn't want to admit how little he believed in the doctrine and the priest equally didn't want say how little he believed. So I imagine that there are many weddings in church where none of the main protaganists reallybelieve.

Answer:

My fiance is Catholic, and I'm Agnostic. We are both aware that there may be trouble for us if we try to marry in the Catholic church, as they are very strict with their guidelines in requiring that practicing Catholics must marry someone in the faith. This is why we are choosing to marry with a Justice of Peace, less hassle.

Answer 2

i do not believe so, i think only people baptised or confirmed catholics can be married by a catholic priest in a catholic church. you might be able to rent out the church and just be married by someone else.

ANSWER: Yes, I believe so providing the atheist agrees to permit the children to be raised catholic. A Nuptial Mass, however, would not be permitted. A Nuptial Mass would be permitted if both fiances are Christians but one is not a Catholic. In that case, the non-catholic spouse would not be permitted to receive the Holy Eucharists. The catholic spouse would.