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Tag Archives: confirmation
ASK FATHER: Can’t find a confirmed godparent within the family
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I are going to have our third child in November. We are having a hard time finding someone in the family to be our child’s Godparents when we baptize him/her. THE PROBLEM Our … Read More
ASK FATHER: 58 years old, never confessed, given Communion or confirmed. What now?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am 58 years old and was baptized as RC I was never confirmed /never made first holy communion and rarely attended church. I was drawn back to attending church about a year ago and as I am … Read More
ASK FATHER: Spouse unwilling to seek convalidation of marriage.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, You recently had a post, “ASK FATHER: Godparents must be confirmed, married properly” In this post you discuss the con-validation of a mixed marriage and a little but about the process. I have an interesting … Read More
ARGENTINA: Lesbians to receive confirmation and have “their” child baptized in cathedral
You perhaps have heard that a bishop in Argentina, has approved the baptism of a child held in custody by two lesbians. HERE Vatican Insider has an explanation by a “collaborator” of then-Archbp. Bergoglio in Buenos Aires. HERE Pope Francis, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Sacraments for children at some different parish?
From a reader: Can I arrange for my daughter to eventually attend catechism classes, and have First Communion and Confirmation in a parish outside of our geographical parish? Or is she required to receive the sacraments in our geographical parish unless the parish … Read More
QUAERITUR: Confirmed, but in state of sin. Am I confirmed?
From a reader: If a person is confirmed in Mortal Sin, does it ‘count’, or must he/she be conditionally re-confirmed. What you are asking is “Was the sacrament validly conferred?” or “Is she confirmed?” Yes. The sacrament was validly confirmed and … Read More
Can a publicly pro-homosexual marriage teenager be admitted for Confirmation?
Dr. Peters has a new post on his fine canon law blog, In the Light of the Law. He doesn’t have an open combox over there, and I can understand why. Confirmation and advocacy of ‘gay marriage’ by Dr. Edward … Read More
QUAERITUR: Big groups for Confirmation. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: 56 girls were recently confirmed. Isn’t that too big a group? I would rather have smaller groups, and the Archdiocese of ___ has no shortage of auxiliary bishops and vicars. There is no requirement in canon law … Read More
QUAERITUR: 2 male or 2 female sponsors for Confirmation
From a reader: I attended a Confirmation yesterday, and I noticed two things that made me doubtful. Firstly, the fact that some of the girls being confirmed had two godfathers, or two godmothers, while I had been told in my … Read More
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