This is TCE number 40. Theology and Current Events Number 40, baptizing in an emergency.

Hello, my name is Father David Nix. This is the Padre Pagreroa Pagrino podcast. Real quick

TCE for you today. What happens if you come across an adult who's dying? What happens if you come

across a baby who's dying? Can you baptize? We're going to talk about the practical side of it.

Two quick notes before I show you the practical side of it that I want to talk about infants dying.

This is a very unpopular opinion, but even the new code of canon law holds that if you come across a dying baby and the babies' parents are, say, Jewish or Muslim, and they're're not around you can still baptize that

baby to get that baby to heaven again it's very unpopular but not only do the old

codes of canon law hold of this but even the new codes hold that if you come

across a baby who is dying and the parents would not give consent even if they're

not there you can still baptize that baby if it's dying on On the other hand, here's the thing, grandparents. If you happen to have a grandchild

who is not going to be raised in the Catholic faith and is not dying, you cannot baptize that

baby. Why not? Because both the Bible and the new code of canon law hold, there has to be a good

chance that that child is going to be raised in the Catholic faith.

It doesn't mean that you have a guarantee that kids going to be Catholic, but you can't baptize another child

if there's not a good chance that baby's going to be raised in the Catholic faith, at least with the minimal amount of faith,

because otherwise you're just putting weapons on its belt that it's not going to be able to defend. So again, just to go over this really quick, if you come across a baby in a neonate unit whose parents are, say, Jewish or Muslim, the baby's truly dying, you do not need permission of the parents.

That's in the new code of canon law.

On the other side of the coin, if you happen to come across a child who's doing just fine,

even an infant who's just fine and you know the parents are not going to raise that child Catholic,

then you cannot baptize that baby against the parent's wishes.

Okay, now we'll talk about the practical side of if you come across a dying adult how to baptize

and if you come across a dying infant how to baptize and if you come across a dying infant how to baptize.

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