Expert: Fr. Michael - 4/7/2008

Question
Hello, I was baptized,made the communion and was confirmed in Ireland and I now consider myself to Not be a Catholic.
My fiance is a devout Catholic and we are getting married in the Catholic church in one month.
The priest said as long as I was Baptized- then I am technically a Catholic and we can marry, but my question is this; Do I HAVE to drink the wine and eat the communion in order for the ceremony to be valid?
With due respect and my intention is not to offend you, but as I do not believe in the Catholic teachings nor the Church and I am not a Christian, I do not want to go through this as I see it as a lie to myself and your Church.
I am only agreeing to get married in the Church for my fiance. Could you please give me the technical answer to this?
Thank you for your time.

Answer
There is a bigger question here that you are ignoring.  This is not a matter of a "technical" answer, but whether this proposed marriage is, to use your own words, "a lie to yourself."  If your wedding is already to be based on a lie to your fiance, that does not speak well for the validity of the entire affair.  Prudence should lead you to back up and reconsider this whole matter de novo while there is still time.