Q368 – Can a Catholic Marry a Hindu in the Church and Also Be Married According to Hindu Religious Rites?

Interview Organization: Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima
Interviewer Name: Christopher P. Wendt
Date: May 13, 2025
A Catholic must marry according to the Church’s prescribed form. Participating in a non-Catholic or pagan rite, like a Hindu ceremony, is a grave sin against the First Commandment. Church law forbids a second celebration after a valid Catholic wedding, even in non-Catholic or non-Christian traditions.
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No, because a Catholic must be married according to the form prescribed by the Church because he is a Catholic. The Hindu rite is a pagan rite, and it is forbidden for a Catholic to affirm such a rite. It is a grievous sin against the First Commandment.

Even if it were, let’s say, a Jewish ceremony, or perhaps one from a Protestant community, it still would not be acceptable. The Church forbids making a second celebration after a Catholic wedding has been celebrated canonically and validly. To have another ceremony afterward is forbidden by Church law.