To: Smarti Pants
"Right now, his children are "bastard" children in the eyes of the Catholic church; if he becomes a "widower" then he can remarry, and his children will be able to receive confirmation, etc. as Catholics."
"Bastard" children are still allowed to be baptized and receive the sacraments. The sins of the "father" do not fall on the children.
6 posted on
03/23/2005 10:05:21 AM PST by
AngieGOP
(I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid.)
To: AngieGOP
The children not being "bastards" is new to me; I am not Catholic today because my grandparents were married outside of the church and their children weren't allowed to be part of the church because they were bastards.
This is going back to the late 1800's, early 1900's, now - my father was born in 1928 as the youngest of 7 or 8 I think.
12 posted on
03/23/2005 10:11:16 AM PST by
Smarti Pants
(~This American Patriot will never forget !!!~)
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