will the Catholic church marry a cohabiting couple?

Most will, but if you're trying to avoid having to talk to the priest about this, that won't fly. At a minimum, I'm pretty sure all parishes would require the couple to take pre cana classes and promise to raise kids as Catholic. Sure, you can lie, but if you're going against church doctrine by living together, and then you end up lying about something major like this, it's fair to wonder why you'd want to be married in the Church.

I'm not criticizing living together and I'm not criticizing the Church. I'm commenting on what you believe and how you stand by those beliefs.

It depends on the church or diocese, in modern times most will but some will not or will ask you to move up your date (not always).

But well you will still need to meet the requirements for the marriage sacrement of the Catholic church. One of you needs to be a confirmed Catholic and if the other isn't that person is generally required to take some classes.

Good luck

yes and no -it really depends on the church and the priest that is marrying the both of you.

We're getting married in Chicago and several churches stated that they would not marry a couple living together. Other churches wanted us to be members for 4-6 months before requesting a date for wedding ceremony. We found a great catholic church that we love that would marry us regardless that we lived together or not being parishioners of the church. We love the church so much we plan on becoming members.

1. The Church would certainly prefer that the co-habitating couple be married instead of continuing a sinful situation. So the answer is yes.

2. If the couple refuses to stop co-habitating and there are no children in the relationship, then the couple can only expect a very simple marriage rite, because it would be rather hypocritical to do the whole princess wedding thing.

3. If the couple really wants to do things correctly, they can and should stop co-habitating until the wedding - one of them can bunk with a friend or relative for the six months or so, and they can give up sex for that period of time. Then they would be entitled to as big of a wedding as they so choose, just like any other couple.

4. If the couple already has children, depending on the situation, they could certainly involve the children as they receive the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

Depends upon the priest. All of them are different. Ask the priest you intend to have marry you.

P.S. A "real" Catholic wouldn't live with someone before marriage....that would just make them a Lutheran, you know?

Yes, as long as one of the people is Catholic and they promise to raise the children as Catholic.

Use different address, one use a parent address

They will not know.

they do not like couples living together, it really depends on the priest

Oh yes, and as quickly as possible.