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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Background: DH and I are Catholic.  We are raising kids Catholic... First DC I picked my sibling and their spouse and for my now second child I picked a close cousin and their spouse.  My best friend is crushed because she felt that we were very close and she was hoping for me to ask her to be Godparent.  We are very close and she was their for both childrens births and all milestones and I love her and her children like my own.  However, she isn't catholic and at our particular church that isn't "overlooked" like she assumes.  She straight up told me "being a good person who lives christian values is all that matters"...how do I explain to her that that isn't really the case?  I don't want hurt her more than she is already hurting, or make it seem like my religion is superior but I think she is overlooking the core issue.  [/quote]

Your friend doesn't realize that it's the importance of the institution of the church,not the importance of human friendship, that is the issue here.  By choosing to raise your children within the church, you have implicitly decided that the rules of the church are more important than a human friendship.   Some non-Catholics may have difficulty understanding this, but friendships come and go, and the church has lasted  over 2,000 years.

As a parent, you have a right to make decisions about what's best for your child and as a Catholic in good standing, you have an obligation to follow the rules of the church.[/quote]

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