My boyfriend threatens me to move out due to a change of faith?

That I can not answer for you. No offense... I would say that we have enough non-practicing Catholics who are Catholic in "name only" or because their parents want them to... so we don't need anymore people who convert for cultural or social reasons but aren't really interested in following the faith. All I'm saying is convert for the right reasons, because you agree or see some core truths that make you want to grow and learn more.

Again, don't mean to insult ya. Look at it from a different perspective... would you want a bunch of members to join your club who really didn't care about it or were not active? So if you convert.. convert because you believe that the Catholic church is correct and you are willing to follow God's plan for us (which is also the Catholic church's teachings) and essentially change things to focus on God.

However, I WOULD encourage you to help your boyfriend to be the best Catholic he can be. To encourage him to be true to his beliefs and have the courage to live them authentically. Right now his actions and his professed faith are contradictory... a good partner would encourage him to resolve that.

It is really kinda hypocritical for him to profess one faith but act in a way which is contrary. Not saying that we don't all do this to a certain extent - gosh knows I do. But you should encourage him to examine his lifestyle and see if it matches up with what he professes.

Honest introspection.. That's all. Secondly........... what does a Catholic family require someone like me to do to marry into their family?

The catholic church allows for marriages between different religions now days. The only thing they ask of you is to promise to bring your children up in the catholic religion. Your boyfriend probably said that because he doesn't want you to change just for the sake of him or his family or appearances.

However if you find that you now believe in his religion and want to follow it then go ahead and convert but don't do it unless it is because you truly believe it. Not all catholics are strict catholics there are many levels of belief, he sounds like one that believes the basics but accepts that there are some issues that should not be followed to the letter. Lots feel that way, hence the second Vatican changing things in the first.

For example Vatican one said catholics can't eat meat on Fridays, second Vatican changed that to say you can as long as it is not on a religions holiday like easter or christmas. The bottom line is only change if you truly believe, the church won't stop the marriage. I married twice in the catholic church to a catholic when I was not.

I even had my first marriage annulled in the catholic church. They have come a long way to keep their parishioners.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.