– Although Jadzia is only 4 months old, this is the moment when my husband and I have to make a decision about baptism. We don’t agree on this and I don’t know what to do about it – one of the readers of the website mamadu.pl. The woman states that she wants to baptize her daughter for her good, but the child’s father has a different opinion on this matter.
“I have the right to make this decision”
In a letter to the editors of the MamaDu portal, the mother of 4-month-old Jadzia noted that she only goes to church occasionally – on holidays, funerals and weddings. Still, “she believes in sins and doesn’t want her daughter to have that sin.” The woman also wants to protect her daughter for fear of possible exclusion by her peers in the future. Her husband, on the other hand, has a completely different opinion on this matter.
– My husband says that she should decide for herself when she grows up, because he has a grudge against his parents. But this is how I think about it: since she’s a little baby, it’s up to me, as the mother, to decide what’s best for her. I decide for her. […]. I have the right to make this decision, she said. – I believe that I am the mother, I gave birth to Jadzia, so the final decision should be mine. […] maybe I’ll baptize her and just not say anything to my husband.
Can a child be baptized without the parent’s consent?
It turns out that when it comes to baptizing a child, the voice of the parents – or at least one of them – is decisive. Therefore, baptizing an infant without the consent of one guardian is possible. This information is found in canon 868 of the Code of Canon Law, which indicates the following conditions necessary to perform the sacrament of baptism:
§ 1. For the proper baptism of a child, the following is required:
1. that the parents agree or at least one of themor those who legally replace them;
2. that there is a reasonable hope that the child will be raised Catholic; if it is completely absent, baptism is to be postponed in accordance with the provisions of particular law, with the parents informed of the reason.
§ 2. A child of Catholic or even non-Catholic parents who is in danger of death is licitly baptized, even against the will of the parents.
Source: Gazeta
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