Religion: Mixed Marriage

Last week the Roman Catholic Church tightened its rules on mixed marriages.

Heretofore Catholics marrying heretics or infidels have obtained dispensations by solemnly promising that their offspring would be raised in strict Catholicism. Because these guarantees have often been disregarded, the new law from Vatican City states that persons seeking dispensation must now give actual proof that they will be able to carry out their intentions. The fact that secular law may hamper or prevent education of children in the Church will not be accepted as an excuse. It is a "great...

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