illegitimate Children?

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Why wouldn’t they be? A single parent can have a child baptized regardless of the conditions of conception. For example, couldn’t a child of rape become Catholic? I know for sure that they can…teachccd
 
Yes, of course they can be baptized and raised Catholic or become Catholic later. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances of the conception was. All people con be baptized and confirmed.
 
illegitimate is a term used in civil law, and most states have removed this term from their laws

yes anyone can become Catholic who sincerely asks for it and is properly disposed, or whose parents ask for it on behalf of a minor child, as long as there is well founded assurance that child will be raised in the Faith.
 
cerad said:
Death penalty?
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The Catholic Church does not condone the death penalty. The Church’s stance is if a prison cannot keep a serial killer from further killing then the state must protect the innocent by stopping the killer even if it includes proactive self defense.

The Church is pro-life because the Church is the Bride of Christ. She can never choose death. Only we do that by our choices and/or the consequences of those choices…teachccd
 
cerad said:
Death penalty?
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our lord accept the will of the courts on calvary, yet he was innocent. In luke the good thief on the cross stated that he and the other thief, deserved their punishment.
 
These children are “illegitimate” through no fault of their own. Of course they can become Catholic.
 
exactly, the kids are innocent while the parents are the sinners that should be in confession and serving penence.
 
In my opinion, labeling a supernatural gift “illegitimate” may sound kind of blasphemous.
 
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KingAlfred:
No such thing. No human being is ‘illegitimate’.
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Agree, King Alfred.

I’ve never understood how a child could be so labelled (and in the past some had this on their birth certificate). They had no responsbility for the fact that their parents weren’t married.
 
Starwynd said:
Are illegitimate children allowed to become Catholic?
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I joined the forum just to know the answer to this question. I’m an adult illegitimate child, have been christened into the Catholic faith, but when I was born out of wedlock, my mother was asked to leave the church. Consequently, I grew up never knowing if I would be welcomed to learn and live within the faith that has been my families for centuries. Thanks for posting this thread, hard to believe it took 50 yrs for me to look for the answers but I’m glad you posted.🙂
 
I’m not sure that the term “illegitimate child” has any meaning in canon law.
 
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