Unbaptised babies refused in Catholic graveyard?

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Children who died before baptism were, for a long period, not allowed be buried inside the confines of a catholic graveyard…

it this statement true?

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For most of the Church’s history, NO unbaptized person was allowed to be burried in a Catholic cemetary (or in most Protestant ones). It has nothing to do with age.
 
Yes but this person is using this statement to defend why he, as a pro-choicer is right and why pro-lifers are wrong.

I dont see it in the Cathechism but thank you for your reply

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I’m not sure how a pro-choice person could use this argument to support their position, but I don’t doubt that they’ve found a way. I can tell you that when my daughter died at 16 weeks gestation, she was buried in a Catholic cemetery. In fact, she is buried with many other unborn, and thus, unbaptised babies. Has this always been the case? I don’t know. It seems to me, though, that any baby that has not yet reached the age of reason might be buried in a Catholic cemetary at the request of his/her parents…particularly if those parents are also Catholic.

I should point out, this is total speculation on my part. I have nothing but common sense with which to back it up. 😃
 
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Children who died before baptism were, for a long period, not allowed be buried inside the confines of a catholic graveyard…

it this statement true?

Stephentlig
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As a former sacristan for over ten years I’ve witnessed near a thousand Requiem Funeral Masses and sadly with many infant children who died before Baptism. For those Catholic families involved with the death of their infant child their bodies were placed in a Catholic Burial cemetery. Some Bishops from different diocese might deem it inappropriate on certain grounds that I am not aware of that such infant burials be refused on Catholic burial sites.
However; I don’t think this is the practice norm in most Catholic dioceses today.
 
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