Show Vatican Tightens Rules Governing I Marriage of Catholics I t Br A Press I VA VATICAN CITY Feb 5 rinse MarrIage 5 between Catholics and non Catholics hereafter hereaU r will wi be considered illegal I by the church unless the children I actually arc are educated as Catholics a new and strIcter ruling issued today by the congregation of ot the sacred of or- or ori i lice fice declares The ruling Ugh tightening ten in mixed marrage marriage marriage mar mar- rage restrictions was issued because of ot a belief th that t parties partes to such marriages marriages mar mar- often have disregarded oten promIses promises prom prom- that tho children should be reared as Catholics Catholics' The congregation decided that henceforth those who obtain the dispensation dis dIs- dis- dis of the church for Cor mixed marriage must take those promises seriously and that the church no longer longcr will wJ accept the plea that th the 10 laws of o tho the countries where such persons perSons per per- sons reside prevent proper Catholic education of the thc children If I necessary 1 the congregation de decided do- do such persons must refrain from going to countries where they would be unable to keep cop their pledges pledge to the church In case of any failure to lo educate I the children as lS Catholics the church will vIlI re regard such marriages as illegal I The Tho congregations congregation's ruling in the the form rm of ot a decree was approved by bJ Pope Plus The text mentions that the step t p was taken to conform with wih the enc en encyclical encyclical en- en c cyclical casti in which the pope dealt deal with many aspects of ot wih mir mar mar- tinge c including certain cs fn ill h mixed marriages The decree between Catholics Catholic applies apples and to non non-Cath- marriages olics baptized and |