Should I attend a Mormon baptism?

[wisdom_3_5]

Our neighbor just invited us to his son’s baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). I know that they don’t use the trinitarian formula (or are there some Mormons that do?). Can I and my family, as Catholics, attend the baptism?

They are very nice people, but have told my six-year-old that there is no difference between Catholicism and Mormanism (she told them that that’s **not **true). It seems like if we go then it is giving approval to those beliefs, but I would like to know what the Church teaches in this matter.

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

The Church teaches that Mormon baptisms are invalid. Because they are invalid, I cannot recommend attending a Mormon baptism. What I can recommend is thanking your neighbors for the invitation, letting them know that you will not be attending – there is no need to be explicit about why but just to let them know that you cannot attend – and gently and politely asking them not to discuss religious issues with your six-year-old because you would rather be the one to educate your six-year-old on religious matters. That should be direct enough for “very nice people” but, should they not take the hint, you may have to distance yourself and your child from them.