Weddings and mortal sin

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Is it a mortal sin to attend a wedding of a couple, one is Catholic (non-practicing, doesn't go to Mass, I assume has no religious devotion etc), and one is a lukewarm Lutheran (occasionally goes to Church) in a Lutheran Church?

Should this be confessed?

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Is it a mortal sin to attend a wedding of a couple, one is Catholic (non-practicing, doesn't go to Mass, I assume has no religious devotion etc), and one is a lukewarm Lutheran (occasionally goes to Church) in a Lutheran Church?

Should this be confessed?

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The fact that there is going to be a wedding, for me would mean that the decision on whether any sin is involved has already been taken care of by the clergy who are officiating.
(Another way of putting it would be that the clergy involved bear the greater responsibility to see to it that the ceremony is fitting and proper to attend).
So if they have cleared the way for the wedding to proceed, then I think you can safely go without any worries.
 
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The fact that there is going to be a wedding, for me would mean that the decision on whether any sin is involved has already been taken care of by the clergy who are officiating.
(Another way of putting it would be that the clergy involved bear the greater responsibility to see to it that the ceremony is fitting and proper to attend).
So if they have cleared the way for the wedding to proceed, then I think you can safely go without any worries.
Thank you

It was a hypothetical situation BTW
 
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