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Anonymous Yumeko wrote: |
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Hi, guys —
Good day, I am a Catholic and I am planning to marry my Muslim boyfriend. We are both from the Philippines. I am aware of a marriage with a "disparity of the cult" and the requirement to seek dispensation from our local Bishop, however, I want to clarify things regarding the promise that I have to observe as stated in your post here:
You said:
It will involve you making the following promises:
- That you are planning to remain a Catholic
- That you will do all in your power to have any children baptized and raised as Catholics.
Your fiancé doesn't have to make any promises, but she must be aware of your promises.
My concern is regarding the second promise, granting that i will let our children be baptized in the Catholic Church, enroll him in a Catholic school and teach him about the Catholic faith but they decidedly choose to convert to the Muslim faith, in the future:
- Lets say as he reaches the legal age of 18, will our marriage still be valid?
Yumeko
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Eric replied:
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Yumeko,
The validity of your marriage only depends on what comes before it. Nothing that happens after the contraction of the marriage affects the validity, although it can testify to something that did exist before the marriage.
In this case, you have no control over what your children decide to do. If they want to apostatize and become Muslims, that is their choice and it doesn't affect your marriage at all. If you intentionally lied when you promised to raise them Catholics, that might affect the marriage, but not their behavior.
Eric |
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