Can Two Non-Catholics Get Married?

[Anastasia13]

If there are two people of differing denominations, say an Orthodox and a Protestant, can they decide to get married in the Catholic Church without becoming Catholic?

I am sure part of the answer would be that it is ideal that they get married in their own churches, probably the Orthodox one, if they are not going to become Catholic, and there would be a question of why, but as I recall, you can't get married in the Orthodox church without being Orthodox.

[cappie]

Let me differentiate between two possible questions here.

1. Can two non-Catholics get married in THE Catholic Church (meaning by a priest using the Catholic sacramental ritual)? No.

2. Can two non-Catholics get married in A Catholic Church (meaning can they rent the church building to have their marriage done)? Possibly. Each Diocese has norms for such things. Contact the pastor of the parish or the local Diocese to see if this is possible.

In Australia the Australian Government licenses Catholic priests to mary according to the Rites of the Catholic Church, so we are not allowed to marry 2 non-Catholics by civil law either.