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To: Desdemona
Some parishes have policies that a child will not be baptized in a family that doesn't attend Mass.

The rationale is that the child has little chance of being brought up Catholic, and to baptize reinforces the idea that sacraments are magical conveniences.

13 posted on 10/10/2003 3:44:22 PM PDT by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from a shelter! You'll save at least one life, maybe two!)
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To: sinkspur
Well,I would say it's more because the Amchurch doesn't believe in Original Sin they see no need to baptize.You know,sin?What's that?
17 posted on 10/10/2003 5:24:53 PM PDT by saradippity
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