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Belgium Sees Sharp Rise in 'Debaptism' Requests
The Pillar ^ | 11/30/22 | Luke Coppen

Posted on 12/02/2022 6:49:04 PM PST by marshmallow

The Church in Belgium has reported a sharp rise in the number of people asking for their names to be removed from baptismal registers.

The Catholic Church in Belgium reported on Wednesday a sharp rise in the number of people asking for their names to be removed from baptismal registers.

The Church’s latest annual report, published on Nov. 30, said there were 5,237 such requests in 2021, compared to 1,261 in 2020 and 1,800 in 2019.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that “baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark of his belonging to Christ.” While a person can lapse in the practice of the faith, or even renounce it altogether, it is impossible to reverse the effects of baptism.

Nevertheless, a rising movement in Europe promoting “debaptism” has encouraged Catholics to write to Church authorities asking to be removed from parish baptismal records. The movement is a consortium of several political and philosophical factions among European secularists.

A spokesman for the Belgian bishops’ conference told The Pillar on Dec. 1 that when the Church received a “debaptism” request, “it is noted in the register in the margin that the person has requested to be de-registered.”

“You are not allowed to cross out or delete an entry in an official register,” he explained.

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To: marshmallow

Really ... quite a trick to undo a baptism ... probably the same crowd that thinks their anus is a vagina.


21 posted on 12/02/2022 8:10:36 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Baptise me, debaptise me. It’s almost like they’re waffling. I hate it when a Belgian waffles.


22 posted on 12/02/2022 8:31:54 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

ICWYDT.


23 posted on 12/02/2022 8:37:31 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dangus

LOL. That’s good stuff.


24 posted on 12/02/2022 8:52:29 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: x

Nuke. Orbit.

Cure.

If that doesn’t work, send Robert Smith. (The Cure)


25 posted on 12/02/2022 11:32:23 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I dont think it’s the communists that they are concerned with.

I believe the algerians and morrocans now outnumber the Belgians. That’s today, without breedin cycle.

Yes, the nazis have already taken over.


26 posted on 12/03/2022 12:39:52 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: marshmallow

the EU has planz for christians...doncha know


27 posted on 12/03/2022 3:30:02 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: chajin
Which is one reason why you shouldn't waffle about baptism.

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28 posted on 12/03/2022 6:45:24 AM PST by norsky ( <P><img src=" "width=400"></img> <P> <a href= > </a>)
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