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What is required of the godparents of a child who is baptised?
To assist the parents in their duties as Catholic mother and father. In practice, that means being as sign of the faith by what they say and do, how they act, in a sense a role model for the church....
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How do you appoint godparents if you're not having a child baptized?
In Catholicism godparents are chosen for the express purpose of bringing up the child in the faith in the event that the unthinkable happens to both parents. If parents do not intend to bring their...
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Can a child get baptized in the Catholic church if the godparents to be are not Catholic?
Im guessing it would depend on the stance of the parents, godparents or other relatives. ANSWERNo. Per RCC Canon law, at least ONE of the Godparents must be a Catholic in good standing (and provide...
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What does a child have to do to be baptized?
I will assume that you are talking about baptism into a Christian fellowship. If the child is Roman Catholic, almost always the baptism is done probably within the first few weeks or months after...
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How old does a child have to be before catechism is required before he can be baptized?
In the Catholic Church, infants are baptized within days, if not the very day, they are born. Obviously, no catechism is provided or required as the infant does not have the ability to comprehend...