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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are they making it difficult?  If you mean they require the Godparents and you to go to a class about the importance of Baptism and what that means as you raise your child in the Catholic faith, that seems reasonable to me. If you mean they are asking if you go to church, again reasonable because by Baptising your baby in the faith you are making a promise to raise them in the faith.

If you mean that you have to stand on your head while reciting the creed with the new wording while your spouse has to say five Hail Marys, okay unreasonable.
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For our Godparents, they had to PROVE they had been to church regularly within the past 3 months by giving tidings. We had to wait until they "qualified." It was absurd, really.[/quote]

I'm sorry I'm not sure I understand. You want to perform a religious ceremony for your child and the Church wants to ensure that the people involved in the religious service are GASP practicing the faith.  That is not unreasonable.  If the religious aspect of the Baptism means so little to you, why are you doing it?  If they go to Church regularly all it involves is saying to the Priest on the way out the door, I've been asked to be a Godparent for my sister's child.  Can you give me a letter saying that I'm active member of this Parish?  Not unreasonable and not hard.

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