*Prince Charles & Catholics in royal family

Prince Charles questions bill ending ban on Catholics in royal family

CWN - January 07, 2013

Britain’s Prince Charles has urged the country’s government to reconsider plans to amend the rules governing the royal succession, saying that he fears “unintended consequences” of the proposed legislation.

Prince Charles expressed misgivings about a proposal that would allow a future monarch to marry a Roman Catholic. Under Catholic canon law, the children of such a marriage should be raised as Catholics. The Prince of Wales saw a potentially serious difficulty in the lines of succession, since children raised as Catholics would remain barred from the throne.