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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non-Cathlolics may attend mass, you just can't take communion.

My father is not Catholic and has been attending mass with my Catholic mother for 40+ years. They've even arranged that when he passes, he'll have a funeral in their church, despite not being Catholic. It's a slightly abridged funeral mass, but the priest was totally fine with doing it for long-time parishioners.

As for baptism, only one of the two godparents needs to prove they are a Catholic in good standing (baptized/confirmed), which involves getting a copy of the paperwork from the church where they were baptized. Both our kids were baptized with only one godparent having this paperowrk, as the other godparent wasn't able to easily get it (they were baptized abroad).[/quote]

I assume I could get the paperwork from my long-ago home parish stating that I received baptism and confirmation, but I'm no longer a Catholic in good standing - if fact, I'm an atheist.  Are you saying that I could be someone's Godparent just with these documents? [/quote]

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