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To: sportutegrl
That's a violation of Canon law. No child is to be baptized a Catholic unless his parents have promised to raise him as a Catholic. Not only that, a nun is not a "regular" minister of the sacrament, and ought not to have done it even at the parents' request unless the child were in danger of death.

And you say this was done secretly when you were a baby?

If true, there would be a baptismal record. You could look it up at the Diocesan offices. Frankly, I consider your story very doubtful.

How did you find out about it? And when? Any evidence? Any links?

31 posted on 01/11/2011 1:59:24 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Christ said, 'I am the Truth'; not 'I am the custom.'"-- St. Toribio, Bishop)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I just heard a rumor that the nuns in the Catholic hospitals used to do that. Since I was born at St. Joe’s, I just assumed that happened to me.


54 posted on 01/11/2011 6:38:29 PM PST by sportutegrl
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