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At what age should a baby be baptized and why?

-- Contributed by: barbara

The introduction to this article is wrought with error. A- the Church never officially taught that the unbaptised went to limbo. B- Pope Benedict XVI did NOT state that all babies go to heaven. The Church is (and always has) taught that we on Earth simply do not know where the unbaptised go and for that reason should always err on the side of caution and baptise our babies as soon as possible.

-- Contributed by: De Profundis

The Baptism of babies is not found in the Bible. This is a catholic tradition made by men. All babies will go to heaven because they are sinless. I would suggest that the Cathoicks would just read the bible.

-- Contributed by: scott

this does not have enough information on the history of roman catholic baptism.

-- Contributed by: choccie88

Hadassah, I did not come up with the baby baptism. This is simply part of the Catholic faith.-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

Jesus was not baptized during babyhood. How did you come up with the baby baptism?

-- Contributed by: hadassah

if you not a catholic member how im gonna baptism my kid

-- Contributed by: carmelle nei

great work

-- Contributed by: daniel

Courtney, Thanks for your response.-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

It may be the churches in your area. I'm in the Midwest, and every church I've been to will baptize even if the parents weren't married in the Church. It might be that the priest is being prejiduced, and in that case you may need to go to the archdiocese to get it taken care of. Good luck, and I hope this helps

-- Contributed by: Courtney

How about it readers? Does anyone have any information that will help Keelie? Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie

hi-I would just like to ask and see if anyone out there knows a parish in Houston, Tx that would baptise my little girl (20 months), I am Catholic but my husband is not and we were not married in the Catholic church-I have called serveral parishes and no one will give us the time of day because we were not married in the church-please help-I want to raise my little girl in the church-thanks-any info would be great

-- Contributed by: KEELIE DAVIS

Kristen, Thanks so much for your comments! It always helps to hear from someone with firsthand experience!-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

In regard to the godparent question, we have been told that we only need to have ONE Catholic god-parent and that beyond that, it's up to us. We had one Catholic (god-mother) and one Presbyterian for our first son's baptism, as my husband is Presbyterian, and we wanted both of our faiths to be represented. Only the Catholic god-parent goes onto the official do...entation as "god-parent". I believe that the other went on as "witness" or something like that. For our second son's baptism we are having one Catholic god-parent (god-mother) and two other god-parents - a non-Catholic couple. Our church, at least, is not giving us any trouble with this, but we are at a pretty flexible parish.

-- Contributed by: Kristen

As a lifelong Catholic, I have to say that the rite of baptism that is listed above is VERY traditional, and not the one usually conducted on infants these days, at least in the U.S. There is certainly a fair bit more flexibility available, but to some degree it will depend on your parish and it's priest or deacon.

-- Contributed by: Kristen

Kristy, I'm not too familiar with the Catholic church, but I do know they are very strict when it comes to tradition. Have you thought about just including one godmother in the ceremony and then asking the other one in private? Does anyone else have a solution???-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

i live in cornwall ontario , and im expecting my third child and im catholic ,,,,,i wanted to have 2 godmothers insted of having one of each and my church says i cant .....please tell me what you think of this ..

-- Contributed by: kristy

Thanks, Mike, for clearing that up!-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

The information in the article is incorrect. "Limbo" was never an official Church teaching, just a theory held by theologians. Pope Benedict XVI simply reaffirmed this, by saying that Limbo is not an official Church teaching, and that it may or may not exist. The Church does NOT teach that unbaptized children go to Heaven, but rather there is no teaching. Basically the Church is saying "I don't know what happens".

-- Contributed by: Mike
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