Does the Church frown on interracial marriage?
The short answer
No. Marriage is open to any eligible man and woman; race is no obstacle, because all races are equal before God.
No obstacle
Any eligible man and eligible woman may marry. Race is not an impediment, since all races are equal in God's eyes.
Equal dignity
The Catechism teaches that all people, created in the image of the one God with rational souls, share the same nature and origin, are redeemed by Christ's sacrifice, and are called to the same beatitude, and so enjoy equal dignity (CCC 1934).
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