Mexican bishop baptizes child raised by lesbian couple

LifeSIteNews ^ | May 30, 2014 | SOFIA VAZQUEZ-MELLADO

[ebb tide]

Nope. Big problem according to canon law.

[RinaseaofDs]

Your Maltese isn’t human. In this case the protection of the child’s soul comes down to whether your parent is a moron or not.

[Former Fetus]

I would imagine so, but way back then the lines between Church and government were so blurry it would take a lawyer to answer with 100% certainty. As for the people, just trying to go about their business, it was just more paperwork, more requirements... nothing new! Keep in mind that I am talking about a country were, before having a birthday party for your child, you were required to go to the nearest police station and apply for a permit. With lots of stamps, to milk some more money out of you!

[ansel12]

"In 1992, Protestantism, Judaism, and Islam were granted the status of “deeply rooted” faiths, which allowed these religious communities to enter into bilateral relations with the Spanish government. The government has since expanded the notion of “deeply rooted faiths” to permit other religious minorities, including Buddhists and Mormons, to open official bilateral relations with the state. Despite the constitutional separation between church and state, Spanish citizens are permitted to allocate a portion of their tax dollars to Catholic charities. Muslim, Jewish, and Protestant groups have unsuccessfully petitioned the government to allow for tax dollars to be allocated to non-Catholic charities. Non-Catholic religious groups also allege that the government disproportionately funds Catholic education and restricts the recruitment of non-Catholic chaplains in Spain’'s armed forces."

[ebb tide]

Replace “moron” with “unrepentant lesbian” who will not raise the child in the Catholic faith.

Why not go down to the nursery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and secretly baptize those infants?

Why not baptize people on a public transit bus or at an airport boarding gate. You could be a missionary extradonaire!

[ebb tide]

How would y’all feel about the baptism of the child of two Satanists who had no other plans of raising their child except as a Satanist?

Do you not feel it to be a mockery of the Catholic Church and Her Sacraments?

[Former Fetus]

I read El Pais on-line, just to make sure I don’t forget the language. About a year ago there was an article about the government having drastically cut the funding of Catholic churches while building mosques like crazy.

[Jonty30]

I’m not mocking anything. Should the children bear the sins of the parents?

[faithhopecharity]

I honestly can’t answer you completely. About all I can say is that such a baby will need as much help as it can get, and especially that of learning g to know God and to have God in its life. I can’t think of any better or more likely source of this assistance for the child than the Church. I therefore hope the Church would welcome - and not refuse or reject - such a child.

[ebb tide]

We’re bearing the sins of our parents, Adam and Eve, aren’t we?

[ebb tide]

I didn’t say you were mocking anything. I’m saying the bishop and the lesbians are mocking a Sacrament and they’re using an innocent infant as their tool; just as Satanists do.

[Jonty30]

Ok. Fair enough. I’m not really criticizing the church on this point either, because I believe Christ has everything covered as far as anything we could do to save ourselves.

[Jonty30]

Paid for. :)

[ebb tide]

I assume you’re not Catholic, is that right? If so, baptize the kid in your own “church”.

[ebb tide]

If Christ has covered everything, why even baptize people?

[Jonty30]

The Great Commission makes it permissible to do just that.

[metmom]

Whatever happened to limbo?

Unbaptized babies don’t go there any more?

[longfellowsmuse]

what if their intention is mockery…and in the end the baptized child becomes their salvation. God in his time could use the goodness of this baptized child to initiate a conversion in his parents…with God all things are possible.

[Mike Darancette]

Do you not feel it to be a mockery of the Catholic Church and Her Sacraments?

It may be a mockery but the child is not the one doing the mocking. Would you deny salvation to the child for the actions of the parents?

[BlatherNaut]

The girl was conceived through artificial insemination.

The odds of a child being raised in the Faith who was conceived through artificial insemination (morally unacceptable, per Church teaching) and brought up by lesbians aping marriage are slim to none.