Marrying outside the Church
With so many young Catholics drifting away from the Church and her holy sacraments, many family members are faced with a knotty problem: what to do when they marry outside the Church or enter into a marriage in a way that breaks the commandments of Christ. On the one hand, family members want to be supportive of their relatives, but on the other they don't want to condone something that is wrong.
Dr. Janet Smith, a well-know moral theologian and popular author, has some thoughts well worth reading. They are in the form of an open letter she wrote to her goddaughter when she decided to marry outside the Church. The letter links to her comments on what to do if the marriage itself is sinful.
