Limbo is the nether region where, according to Roman Catholic tradition, unbaptized babies go after death. It's a pleasant enough place, though devoid of the bliss of God's presence. But now its future is in peril.
According to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, guidelines the Catholic Church requires its hospitals to follow, any action a doctor takes to remove a fetus that still has a heartbeat is considered an “abortion,” even if the miscarriage is inevitable and the fetus is too young to ...
The Vatican announced on Friday the results of a papal investigation of the concept of limbo. Church doctrine now states that unbaptized babies can go to heaven instead of getting stuck somewhere between heaven and hell. If limbo doesn't exist, what happened to everyone who was supposed to have been there already?
Several nontrinitarian religious groups also oppose infant baptism, including Oneness Pentecostals, Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, United Church of God, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Short answer: yes!
Some Christians oppose infant baptism largely because some people baptized as babies turn out faithless and fruitless. That's an important concern. But there are also people baptized as youth or adults who turn out faithless and fruitless.
Most Roman Catholic priests and hierarchy will now say that no child could ever be condemned for the sins committed by our ancestors and that they no longer believe that limbo for children exists.
What is the common age for infant baptism? Children may be baptized after they are eight days old. However, it is common for parents to bring them to baptism when they are between three and six months. But, it is never too late to have your child baptized!
Any Catholic may request baptism for their children as infants when the children are less than seven years old. 2. Parents that request baptism for their children are to be practicing Catholics (attending church on Sundays, having their children in faith formation, etc).
Family ties are sacred, and the church has no interest in separating loved ones -- either in life or in death. Nothing in canon law prohibits a non-Catholic from being buried in a Catholic cemetery.
The interment of stillborn infants in later medieval burial grounds stands at odds with Catholic Church Law, which forbade the inclusion of unbaptised children within consecrated ground. When perinatal remains occur within graveyards, their interpretation can be problematic.
Yes, although the Catholic party must first obtain a “dispensation” from her bishop. The Church teaches that the marriage of a Catholic to someone who is not a baptized Christian is impeded (blocked) by “disparity of cult”—that is, the difference in their religious backgrounds.
The cemetery is the appropriate site for the Rite of Committal (With or without the Final Commendation). We should note the special rite for “Final Commendation for an Infant” (OCF # 337-342) as particularly suited to the committal of stillborns and infants who have died soon after birth.
Limbo is the nether region where, according to Roman Catholic tradition, unbaptized babies go after death.
Reverence for the Unborn Deceased
For this reason, Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Homes provides a traditional burial for babies who die in pregnancy or at birth, and care and compassion for their parents.
There is no compulsory fee – but it is usual to make an offering to the parish. The amount is up to each family, usually about $20 - $50. A Baptism offering envelope will be provided at the Baptism Preparation afternoon or you can use your own envelope. Family prayers.
Baptized non-Catholic Christians may not be "official" godparents for the record book, but they may be Christian witnesses for your child. People who are not baptized Christians cannot be sponsors for baptism, since they themselves are not baptized.
Must be a baptized Catholic who has completed the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. May not be the parent of the child being baptized. Only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each. If married, must be married in the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of Baptism by other Christian ecclesial communities when the proper matter and form are used and when both the baptizing minister and the person being baptized have the proper intention (CIC 869 § 2).
Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated. The baptisms of those to be received into the Catholic Church from other Christian communities are held to be valid if administered using the Trinitarian formula. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: 1256.
The Roman Catholic norm for valid baptism must follow the proper matter and form. The “matter” is water baptism by immersion or pouring. The “form” is the Trinitarian formula (canons 849, 850; RCIA 226).
A lapsed Catholic is a Catholic who is non-practicing. Such a person may still identify as a Catholic, and remains one according to canon law.
As a Catholic, may I be cremated? Yes. In May 1963, the Vatican's Holy Office (now the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith) lifted the prohibition forbidding Catholics to choose cremation.
The sale of indulgences for time off in Purgatory fueled the Protestant Reformation in 1517, which in turn sparked a series of wars between European Christians. In 1563, Catholics formally outlawed the sale of indulgences.