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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't it a sin for a Catholic to marry without committing to bring his kids up as Catholics?  Perhaps he is feeling too guilty to attend church.[/quote]No.[/quote]
I was the one who asked the question.  Obviously I'm not Catholic.  I guess it's just that a Catholic priest won't perform the marriage without that commitment, but that although the marriage does not have the Church's blessing, it is not sinful; is that correct?

I hope this does not sound snide; I'm just trying to get my facts straight.[/quote]

If you are not married in the church, and you are Catholic, you are living in sin. Only marriages celebrated by a priest are valid, sacramental marriages. [b]The parents must promise to raise their children Catholic.[/b] [/quote]

Not true.  Only the Catholic partner must make that promise.

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/the-groom-wont-agree-to-raise-their-children-as-catholics-can-they-still-marry
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"(the Catholic) make a sincere promise to do all in [her] power so that all offspring are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church" (CIC 1125 §1). (The non-Catholic), on the other hand, need only "be informed at an appropriate time about the promises which [she] is to make, in such a way that it is certain that [he] is truly aware of [her] promise and obligation" (CIC 1125 §2). He is not required to make the same promises. In fact, the marriage can go forward even if he is resistant to her promises.[/i]"

See also http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/in-a-mixed-marriage-does-the-couple-have-to-promise-to-raise-their-children-catholic-

Of course, this assumes marriage in the Catholic Church.  A Catholic married in a non-Catholic church has not made such promises.  (Also, the Catholic Church does not recognize the marriage as valid, but that's another story.)[/quote]

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