Wednesday, February 16, 2022

You have to say "I"...

as in “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” But Rev. Andres Arango has been saying "We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” for most of his more than twenty years as a priest.

It is a Vatican law that priests must say "I" when performing a baptism. Somehow Rev. Arango always used "We". Some of his parishoners in Phoenix did not like it and told the authorities. The leaders investigated and declared that the Reverend's baptisms were not valid. But, Reverend Arango was not discharged from the priethood as the Diocese of Phoenix felt that "Unfortunately, there is no single clear answer,” and Father Arango “remains a priest in good standing,” He is still living and serving in the Diocese of Phoenix, although he did resign from his original Phoenix church.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"are not valid"?

Anonymous said...

silly stuff!