Vatican: It is impossible to remove oneself from baptismal registry

The Dicastery for Legislative Texts has decided to disseminate this Holy Thursday – curiously – an explanatory note that bears the date of April 7 “on the prohibition of cancelling entries in the parish register of baptisms.” The central idea of the note signed by its prefect Filippo Iannone is that since it is a historical record, it is not possible to delete any entries, only correct them or complete them. Therefore, if a baptized person wishe…

Vatican: It is impossible to remove oneself from baptismal registry

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Archbishop Filippo Iannone, and its Secretary, Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, have signed an ...

You can leave Church but not unbaptize yourself - Vatican

Everyone is free to leave the Catholic Church but it is not possible to cancel one's baptism, the Vatican Dicastery for Legislative Texts said Thursday. (ANSA)

Anyone can leave the Church, but one cannot annul one's baptism, according to a document issued by the Vatican's Dicastery for Legislative Texts.

Anyone can leave the Church, but one cannot annul one's baptism - the Vatican reminds, explaining why it is forbidden to remove data from parish registers relating to the administration of the sacrament of baptism. The Holy See emphasizes that this prohibition does not limit the free will of people, and entry in the register is a historical fact on which other sacraments depend.

In 1998 in Italy there was only one case of? Do I baptize? , a single person who managed to have the wording placed on the parish register where his baptism was recorded...