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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is disturbing. It is not up to us to judge whether or not Vance or Pelosi or Biden or anyone else is a fake Catholic or Protestant or Jew or Mormon or Muslim.

This is matter between God and the individual's conscience.[/quote]

There are some basic rules to being a Catholic and it's to raise your kids as Catholic and he did not baptize them so no. [/quote]

This is the rule for couples married in the Catholic church. This did not happen with the Vances, but their marriage is viewed as licit by the church as they were both Catholics. In this circumstance of JD but not Usha converting to Catholicism after marriage, the general rule for baptizing and raising your children as Catholics does not apply.

Rather, the church gives priority to not disrupting the bonds of marriage by creating acrimony between the couple. For example, it may be the case that Usha is adamant that the children make a choice whether to be baptized or not. If she cannot be dissuaded by gentle encouragement, Vance is not obliged to baptize the children against her wishes and, in fact, the church would discourage him from doing so for fear of damage to the marriage.

This is handled as a pastoral matter, where the priest encourages the couple to baptize the children, raise them as Catholics, and see to their catechisis. In the Vance's case, JD takes them to mass (with Usha) and sends them to Catholic schools, which Usha may have accepted. But she may continue to hold out on baptism. That said, I believe the oldest son decided to be baptized when he was seven, so one of the children is baptized.[/quote]

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