Exceptions to Raising Kids Catholic

[tinytherese]

I just read that if a Catholic and a non-Catholic marry, the Catholic vows to raise the kids Catholic and the non-Cathoic must be informed of this. But if after catechizing the children and the non-Catholic spouse does everything in their power to try to convert them to whatever non-Catholic beliefs that they have and refuses to let them be Catholic, then for the good of keeping the marriage together, they can raise them to be non-Catholic according to canon law. 

Also, if a Catholic and a non-Catholic wish to marry and they are informed that the kids are to be raised Catholic, but the non-Catholic adamantly refuses to let this happen, the Church will let them marry in the Church and raise the children to be non-Catholic to motivate them to follow Catholic form and keep them together. 

 

Are these exceptions accurate?

 

Sources 

http://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2009/01/22/do-catholic-parents-have-to-raise-their-children-as-catholics/

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/the-groom-wont-agree-to-raise-their-children-as-catholics-can-they-still-marry

 

 

 

[cappie]

Yes.

In Australia the question asked of the Catholic person is: Will you do all in your power to have your children baptised and brought up in the Catholic faith.

An old Latin legal principle states, “nobody can be obliged to do the impossible” (nemo ad impossibile obligari potest). Sometimes doing everything in one’s power is simply not enough! If the non-Catholic is so insistent that there is, practically speaking, no way for the Catholic to “win” such an argument, then the Catholic party may ultimately be forced to concede for the sake of peace in the family. In such a scenario, the Catholic has in fact done everything in his power to raise the children Catholic — but they were not successful. The results are obviously not ideal, but the effort was made. And in the meantime, the Catholic parent is still expected to make reasonable efforts, when opportunities present themselves, to teach the Catholic faith to his children, even if they are being raised in a different religion.

Obviously things should be worked out ahead of time to save problems later.