This varies from parish to parish. However, usually the only qualification is that the sponsors just need to have been confirmed in the Catholic Church.
Yes, the sponsor for baptism or confirmation must be Catholic. See canons 874 and 892-893 in the Code of Canon Law. It's the sponsor's job to help bring the person up in the Catholic faith and to "...
No. Your sponsorship is your endorsement of the ceremony. Since Catholics believe that the fullness of the truth is in the teachings of the Catholic Church, sponsoring a non-Catholic baptism would...
Today a cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The term...
The question was, How old is the earth according to catholics. In fact, the Catholic Church takes no position on the age of the earth, and, like most Christian churches, it has no problem with...