Can I, as a Catholic, attend a protestant baptism

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I know they may be Valid, But can I attend? I know i cant go to an eastern Orthodox mass even though its valid etc.
 
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Just attend as a guest? It would be like attending a wedding at a Protestant church I suppose, it’s allowed so should be ok.
 
You’re allowed to go to an Orthodox Liturgy, to my knowledge.

I believe there are restrictions on receiving the Eucharist there, for instance if there is a Catholic Church available you’re supposed to receive at the Catholic Church, but if there is no Catholic Church available then the Church would permit you to receive Communion at the Orthodox Mass, although the Orthodox priest may refuse to give it to a Catholic.
 
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You can attend as a guest, just don’t take part in communion (even if the group you are going to would support open communion).
 
It’s fine to go to a protestant baptism. Times to be concerned are when it’s a Catholic defecting from the Church.
 
Not only can you, but I think it would be a good thing. Pray a mental prayer to St. Michael while you are there to protect the newly baptized. Since the protestant baptism is presumably valid, a new Christian is being born, but won’t be provided with the exorcism that Catholics provide at baptisms.

I think there is probably also something to be gained towards Christian unity for a Catholic to witness a protestant baptism.
 
One comment because I’m a bit pedantic:

Whether Protestant Baptism is recognized as valid depends on the particular sect. For example, Anglican and Lutheran Baptisms are valid, but others that do not use the Trinitarian formula or have a very different understanding of the Trinity (e.g. Jehovah’s Witnesses, LDS) are not valid.
 
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It’s fine to go to a protestant baptism. Times to be concerned are when it’s a Catholic defecting from the Church.
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I wouldn’t go to a “baptism” where it is a case of a Catholic leaving the Church.

Otherwise, it is licit to go to a Protestant baptism (as I have done), but for anyone with a Catholic sensus fidelium, it should be just a little bit tinged with sadness. A Catholic sacrament is being used outside the Church, and the baptized will be living according to a separated faith — I know we don’t like to say “material heresy” and “material schism” anymore, but theologically, that’s what it is.

Of course, you would not let on about your sadness. It wouldn’t be at all well-received.
 
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I think it makes more sense to look at the Trinitarian baptism as a thing we still have in common with our separated brethren, and be glad that this person will be in communion with the Catholic Church through their baptism. It helps them to salvation and is better than them being totally separated from God’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
 
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I think it makes more sense to look at the Trinitarian baptism as a thing we still have in common with our separated brethren, and be glad that this person will be in communion with the Catholic Church through their baptism. It helps them to salvation and is better than them being totally separated from God’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
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Agreed. I think both ideas can be held simultaneously. I do rejoice whenever someone is validly baptized. They are no longer in original sin, and any sins they have committed up to that point are gone forever. For infants, it also means that they would go immediately to heaven if, God forbid, they died.
 
Orthodox don’t actually fit under the category of “Protestants.”

But as others have said, there is nothing inherently wrong with attending an Orthodox, protestant, or other non-Catholic baptism. The only problem might be if the baptism was done as a deliberate rejection of Catholicism.
 
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