Birth Certificate and Baptismal Certificate ... Civil Marriage Certificate: The Catholic Church requires that the marriage be legally recognized by the State before the religious ceremony takes ...

communion with the Catholic Church. Justified by faith in Baptism, [they] are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as ...

There are, of course, caveats and theological fine print. In the Catholic Church, baptism is administered — mostly to young children — to cleanse residual sin and initiate people into the ...