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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh? No[/quote]

The church will marry faithful Catholics who belong to the church and will pay the church for performing the ceremony.
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Incorrect. The Church does not levy a charge for performing a sacrament and marriage is a sacrament. Depending on the nature and size of the event they may want a facility fee, cleaning fee, organist fee, etc., but if a priest is conditioning a sacrament on receipt of a “stole fee” you need to complain to the Bishop forthwith. [/quote]

So the church does charge a fee.  What you give the priest is an offering.[/quote]

The post asserted that the Church will marry people who will “pay for the ceremony.”  The essential “ceremony” of matrimony is the sacramental exchange of consent before witnesses including the priest or deacon who is the official witness.”  There can never be a charge for this. So, no, the Church does not charge a fee for matrimony, and that is the point of my post, notwithstanding your puerile quibbling. [/quote]

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