Questions about baptist

[Vanez]

I met a guy who said that he feels home in the Catholic church, he wants to be baptized and let his adopted son get baptized. The problem is: he is a gay, lives together with a man, probably not aware what the Bible says about homosexuality. Can he actually be baptised and received into a full communion with the Catholic church?

I also met a few girls who live together with their partners, have kids outside marriage. They also want to be baptized. Can they? Or do they have to get married first before baptized and received?

 

[MacQ]

I met a guy who said that he feels home in the Catholic church, he wants to be baptized and let his adopted son get baptized. The problem is: he is a gay, lives together with a man, probably not aware what the Bible says about homosexuality. Can he actually be baptised and received into a full communion with the Catholic church?

I also met a few girls who live together with their partners, have kids outside marriage. They also want to be baptized. Can they? Or do they have to get married first before baptized and received?

Of course they can.
Encourage them all to join an RCIA.

(It would be a HUGE mistake for you to try to arbitrate and interpret rules to them…Don’t get in to specifics of their lives…those will sort themselves out…just let them come).

 

[Vanez]

Those are just questions! Not interpretation. Your HUGE mistake is seeing my questions as interpretation.

There are two Catholic i know here in my country, not about eastern or western, but Roman Catholic and Old Catholic. The website of Old Catholic said that what makes them unique from the RCC: OC has woman as priest, is not bound with vatican (thus no papal authority), and is open to homosexual. If these two are what make OC unique, i’m thinking that RC is not only bound with vatican, and i’m still thinking whether or not it allows the latter because if it doesn’t, i would encourage him to contact OC pastor.

Next time you could have asked first before judging, in capital letters and in bold red text

 

[Paleocon]

I met a guy who said that he feels home in the Catholic church, he wants to be baptized and let his adopted son get baptized. The problem is: he is a gay, lives together with a man, probably not aware what the Bible says about homosexuality. Can he actually be baptised and received into a full communion with the Catholic church?

I also met a few girls who live together with their partners, have kids outside marriage. They also want to be baptized. Can they? Or do they have to get married first before baptized and received?

The gay man would need to cease his relationship.

The heterosexuals you mentioned should either get married or cease living together.

 

[Paleocon]

Those are just questions! Not interpretation. Your HUGE mistake is seeing my questions as interpretation.

There are two Catholic i know here in my country, not about eastern or western, but Roman Catholic and Old Catholic. The website of Old Catholic said that what makes them unique from the RCC: OC has woman as priest, is not bound with vatican (thus no papal authority), and is open to homosexual. If these two are what make OC unique, i’m thinking that RC is not only bound with vatican, and i’m still thinking whether or not it allows the latter because if it doesn’t, i would encourage him to contact OC pastor.

Next time you could have asked first before judging, in capital letters and in bold red text

The Old Catholics are heretical and schismatic.

 

[MacQ]

Those are just questions! Not interpretation. Your HUGE mistake is seeing my questions as interpretation.

There are two Catholic i know here in my country, not about eastern or western, but Roman Catholic and Old Catholic. The website of Old Catholic said that what makes them unique from the RCC: OC has woman as priest, is not bound with vatican (thus no papal authority), and is open to homosexual. If these two are what make OC unique, i’m thinking that RC is not only bound with vatican, and i’m still thinking whether or not it allows the latter because if it doesn’t, i would encourage him to contact OC pastor.

Next time you could have asked first before judging, in capital letters and in bold red text

No judgment of you was intended. Although I did assume you were asking so you might advise these friends. And I know that what will ensue here is a flood of pronouncements about the rules your friends would have to obey first ( I see that has already happened), and I was merely suggesting that it would be premature for you to start trying to relay those to your friends (and possibly risk discouraging them)…rather to simply invite them to “come and see”.
We have brought people into communion through our RCIA who are gay. It is common outside the church for people to think they can’t. I find that sad and disheartening and do not want them to assume they can’t.

What I offered was sincere and friendly advice. I’m sorry it didn’t come across that way to you. I assure you no offense was intended.

 

[Vanez]

I am heartily sorry MacQ that i have interpreted capital letters and bold red text as something bad (i see capital letters as shouting in the internet world and red text as warning).

I will not tell him about bible verses about homosexuality, nor will i ever tell him he’s not allowed, etc as i do want him to come home. I let the Church to decide. Yesterday i told him i’m going to recommend him useful Catholic books that will hopefully help him to believe more deeper in Jesus and to know more why Catholic church is one true church. I’m still waiting him to send me email (i dont know his email), otherwise i will see him again two weeks later. Thank you MacQ for your advices. How about what happened there? Did they have to cease living together before baptized?

Paleocon: thank you for the replies! Decision. Decision. We all must be great as st. Peter, that when God calls us, follow Him. Although we can decide: believe Him or not, good or bad. It is tough, but sin is sin

 

[MacQ]

I am heartily sorry MacQ that i have interpreted capital letters and bold red text as something bad (i see capital letters as shouting in the internet world and red text as warning).

I will not tell him about bible verses about homosexuality, nor will i ever tell him he’s not allowed, etc as i do want him to come home. I let the Church to decide. Yesterday i told him i’m going to recommend him useful Catholic books that will hopefully help him to believe more deeper in Jesus and to know more why Catholic church is one true church. I’m still waiting him to send me email (i dont know his email), otherwise i will see him again two weeks later. Thank you MacQ for your advices. **How about what happened there? Did they have to cease living together before baptized? **

I think some still live together…I don’t get into people’s living situations.
Even if they do, I reckon it’s not our business to judge what people are doing just because they live together. That’s the same for straight couples.

(And anyone who pries into that gives me the creeps…including some of the people who post here who think it’s their business to go around pointing out other people’s sins.)

In my view, that’s for them to sort out…In God’s time. It shouldn’t keep them from beginning their faith journey.

Thanks for your gracious reply. The allcaps and red text were only for emphasis…not shouting. I promise.

I think you are right to let him explore.