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To: EngineDad
Does this mean I’m not married or that my two sons were not baptized? Are you sure you are Catholic? You don't seem to know much about Catholicism. If the priest who married you received Holy Orders, then he is still a priest, no matter what he does now, as Holy Orders last forever, even of the priest is laicized.

Besides that, in the Roman Rite, even a lay person could perform a wedding (Canon 1112.2) because the bride and groom confer marriage on each other. (In the Eastern Rite the priest is the minister of the sacrament)

So, no one would tell you and your wife they are not married.

Anyone, even an atheist, can perform a baptism, as long as the formula is correct.

43 posted on 10/31/2009 12:17:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
"Anyone, even an atheist, can perform a baptism, as long as the formula is correct."

Yeah? Well one thing an atheist is not allowed to do is become a Mason!

Put that into your Roman Catholic Supremacy Equation, my friend.

52 posted on 10/31/2009 4:52:53 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Don't fire unless fired upon, but it they mean to have a war, let it begin here." J Parker, 1775)
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