#12544 What Should Catholics Know About Marrying Non-Catholics? - Gregory Popcak - podcast episode cover

#12544 What Should Catholics Know About Marrying Non-Catholics? - Gregory Popcak

Jan 14, 2026
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Episode description

“What should Catholics know about marrying non-Catholics?” This question opens a discussion on the complexities of interfaith relationships, including advice for Catholics in such unions. Additional topics include the relationship between prayer and counseling, and how to navigate conversations when a fiancé expresses a desire to leave the Catholic faith.

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Questions Covered:

  • 02:15 – Relationship between prayer and counseling
  • 16:52 – What is your advice to Catholics who marry non-Catholics?
  • 23:57 – Where would you recommend, we go to study psychology that’s faithful and reliable?
  • 29:25 – My fiancé says she wants to become Lutheran because she despises the Catholic Church. What advice can you offer to help navigate the conversation?
  • 36:10 – Is Catholic counseling compatible with neuroplasticity, whether mental illness is also spiritual illness, how does that relate to taking medicine?
  • 44:37 – Could you repeat what you said about when and how to approach people and share that you care about them?
  • 49:54 – How can I help my family come back to the Catholic Church?
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