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Having a Catholic wedding doesn't have to mean having a Catholic Mass. You can celebrate a Catholic marriage in your parish church with a service that does not include a full Mass.

Newly added to the Catholic marriage rite is a prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the bride and groom.

The congregation at a Catholic wedding sings an acclamation of praise to God right after the groom and bride exchange their consent and the priest or deacon receives their consent.

During the Catholic wedding liturgy, the couple exchanges rings as a sign of their new union.

"I do," he says. "I do," says she. But only if the couple opts for it. We have several different versions of giving consent to the covenant of marriage.