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Catholic Wedding Music: What Is and Isn’t Allowed

String quartet playing sacred music at the altar of a chapel during a Catholic wedding ceremony in Mexico

Choosing the music for a Catholic wedding can be one of the most challenging aspects of the entire planning process. Couples often arrive with a playlist full of songs that hold personal significance—that ballad that played on their first date, that movie soundtrack that moves them only to discover that the priest or the parish music director has very clear restrictions on what is and isn’t allowed.