Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Australian bishop rebukes priests for invalid baptisms

I forgot this yesterday...

It's deplorable that there are some priests who would deny the Sacraments to little children by intentionally altering the either the matter or the form of the Sacraments. Changing the words at Baptism, as these priests have done, renders the Sacrament invalid and constitutes an objective mortal sin for the priest and anyone else who participates in the ritual, with knowledge that the Baptism will be invalid.

One wonders where they received their 'theological' education. It would appear that either the professors or the institution were negligent by allowing either heretical works and ideas to be studied or by allowing priests like this to actually graduate. This is a severe injustice to those affected by these priests and their ineptitude and arrogance. What a travesty! And, as the story will indicate, many parents "think" that the Baptism rite was done properly and have no intentions of having their children received the true Sacrament rather than the simulated version...How sad...

Article here.

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