[Salvation]

Reagrdless, once baptized Catholic, a person is always Catholic.

That is, unless she or he wants to go through tons of paperwork and sit in front of a religious panel.

[Campion]

That is, unless she or he wants to go through tons of paperwork and sit in front of a religious panel.

Where are you getting this from? Canon law says that one leaves the Church by an act of formal defection, which would include professing another religion, or making a public statement that one is no longer a Catholic.

Getting one's name dropped from the parish or diocesan roles can be accomplished by writing a letter.

[Uncle Chip]

Reagrdless, once baptized Catholic, a person is always Catholic. That is, unless she or he wants to go through tons of paperwork and sit in front of a religious panel.

So then anyone on Free Republic who was baptized Catholic is permitted to participate in your Caucus threads????

[annalex]

Catholic baptism (there is no other kind) is an indelible mark on the soul, but Catholic practice has to be maintained in order to keep full communion with the Church.