It is possible to get a concordat wedding with a non-Catholic or atheist. Although it requires fulfilling some additional conditions, which are as follows:
- getting dispensation from the bishop ordinary through the parish where you are arranging the pre-wedding formalities,
- filing in (by the Catholic side) a declaration of being ready to push the danger of loosing faith away, and to everything in their power to baptize their children and raise them in the Catholic church,
- filing in (by the non-Catholic side) a guarantee of not preventing the Catholic side from fulfilling religious practices and raising their future offsprings in the spirit of Catholicism.
The liturgy of the marriage sacrament is different from the marriage of two Catholics – the non-Catholic side does not say “So help me God...” during the vow nor “In the name of The Father, The Son...” while slipping the wedding ring on the other one’s finger. |
Can I get a concordat wedding with a non-believer and non-practicing person?
