The Crisis of the Church is a Crisis of Bishops: Mockery and Scandal in the Cathedral for …
On the previous day, the Archbishop of Córdoba, Carlos Ñáñez, had said that the ladies finally were not going to be confirmed, but that the baptism would happen since it was "the right of the child," and that this whole problem had been caused by the "manipulation of the media". He also said he had informed Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, Prefect for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, so that the Holy See was kept "informed" of the situation (source: Infocatólica).
Two points: First, as a matter of fact, the media would not even be aware of the baptism if the couple had not gone to all lengths to make this a widely publicized event. Second, it is certainly not simply a reason of being a "right" of the child - otherwise, the Church would have the obligation to baptize all babies, irrespective of any other circumstances, including forcibly, in order to ensure the salvation of the child before the age of reason... Baptism entails grave obligations for Catholics, and is neither a mere social event, nor a... "Pelagian" superstition... The "mothers" themselves told the press that, "we want to have her baptized, but afterwards the baby will be able to do whatever she is inclined to do, and follow her own path." Which is why, as we recalled in the first post, bringing with it the Tradition and Magisterium of the Church, the 1983 Code of Canon Law is quite clear:
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