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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand the big deal about godparents...]Can someone explain.
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It's really not that much.

http://www.mannersmentor.com/mom-manners-and-kids-too/the-roles-of-godparents-make-up-in-public

"You will be at the baby’s christening and perhaps take part in the ceremony. Most importantly, you serve as a mentor and take the symbolic place of his or her parent of the same gender should either one of them pass away. (Not that the child will necessarily come to live with you, a godparent is different from a legal guardian named in a will.)

If there should be a death you would step in and create experiences the missing parent would have wanted their son or daughter to have."[/quote]

In the Catholic Church, it is not a question of manners.  It is not about mentoring or "taking the symbolic place" of a parent in the event of death.  Not at all.

It is about serving as support for raising the child in the Catholic faith.

http://www.catholicdoors.com/courses/godpar.htm

[i]THE ROLE OF THE GODPARENT
15. "In so far as possible, a person being baptised is to be assigned a sponsor. In the case of an adult baptism, the sponsor's role is to assist the person in christian initiation. In the case of an infant baptism, the role is together with the parents to present the child for baptism, and to help it to live a christian life befitting the baptised and faithfully to fulfil the duties inherent in baptism." (Canon 872)

16. In both cases, the principal responsibility of a godparent is to give witness to the Catholic faith by his words and actions. When it concerns a child, he must be ready to accept the responsibility of being a part of the godchild's life for the remaining of his/her life.

17. A godparent must have his eyes fixed on the Lord, believing that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. [Jn. 14:6] Not only must he believe it, he must be prepared to share his belief with his godchild.

18. Within reason, a godparent must be available to his godchild on a continuous basis. He must have a special interest in the spiritual growth of the child.

19. When called upon to profess the Catholic faith on behalf of the infant, the godparent must believe in what he is professing.[/i][/quote]

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