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Check out this link from the Vatican website:

Basically you have to mentally renounce, realize the "external manifestation of that decision", and "reception of that decision by the competent ecclesiastical authority".

Easy enough. Except if you look at #7:

7. "It remains clear, in any event, that the sacramental bond of belonging to the Body of Christ that is the Church, conferred by the baptismal character, is an ontological and permanent bond which is not lost by reason of any act or fact of defection."

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Catholic AnswerThe document above spells out the way that it is necessary to formally renounce the Catholic Faith. This has the result of rendering you no longer subject to the laws of the Catholic Church. As they have pointed out above, your Baptism makes you ontologically something else: a child of God, and there is nothing that any human can do to "undo" that.
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Just renounce god all together

Roman Catholic answer. Renouncing your Catholicism is a *very* serious step, and should only be taken after much consideration and study. First one should talk to a priest to find out the different consequences of such an action. I believe there is a definite procedure that one can follow if one has thought this out, and prayed about it. But it is very serious, and has *eternal* consequences, so one should not take such a step lightly. Please call a priest and talk to him.

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A:You do not need to renounce Christianity unless you wish to do so. The one practical reason for doing so would be if you live in a nation such as Germany or Denmark, where the government pays a tithe to the established Church based on the number of Christians said to live there. Renouncing Christianity would mean that the Church no longer receives a tithe on your behalf.

Otherwise, your decision not to be a Christian can be entirely private, with no need to tell anyone else. A somewhat more public way of renouncing Christianity is to quietly tell some friends or relatives that you are no longer a Christian. Joining another religion, such as Buddhism, also effectively ends your association with Christianity. Finally, you can also contact your former church and ask to have your name removed from its register of baptised members, although few bother to do so.

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It is to having once known that Christ exists as the son of God, then coming out in open denial off such an existance. Usually this is replaced with some other belief which does not include Christianity.

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