So...

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

Why did the Monseigneur marry my wife and I in a Catholic Church wedding? I am not, nor was I Catholic. She was.

Was this matching of a bloody pagan and a dear sweet Catholic some sort of heresy?

Same situation here, Occhi. Father Paul interviewed us before we had our own Catholic wedding (I'm not, wife is) to determine if we were "suitable" to get married. I asked the Father if I was required to convert to Catholicism in order for him to do the ceremony; he replied "No, forcing conversion just makes for bad Catholics". Father Paul was a bit more liberal in his views than the priests of a generation ago.

On the other hand, I have a friend of mine that did indeed have to become Confirmed in the Catholic faith before either his to-be in-laws or the local priest would consent to the wedding in their cathedral.

I wonder at your assertion being a matter of the local parish and it policies versus a universal policy. In short, I have heard no such policy from out local Bishop, declaring all of the good Baptist couples down here as living in sin.

Where did you get that little tidbit? I am curious

As I said in the previous post, this is from a real-life actual event in my family; I suggest you contact your own referenced Monseigneur and ask him directly. After dancing around the subject for about 15 minutes, I'm sure he'll give you an answer of some sort.

Let me know.

*tips helm*