Archbishop: Priests should not baptise children just to help with admission to schools

Priests should not baptise children whose parents are just trying to get them into better schools, the Archbishop of Dublin has said.

Archbishop: Priests should not baptise children just to help with admission to schools

Priests should not baptise children whose parents are just trying to get them into better schools, the Archbishop of Dublin has said.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that children should not be baptised unless there is a reasonable chance of them being brought up Catholic.

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