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Diocese of Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City diocese separates sacraments for newly baptized children

A diocesan 'moratorium' is seemingly at odds with canonical norms on Christian initiation

The Pillar
Dec 05, 2024
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Salt Lake City’s bishop instructed pastors last month that children baptized above the age of reason should not receive the other sacraments of initiation at the time of their baptism.

Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake Cite. Credit: Abu Sufian Mohammad Asib/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0

While the newly announced policy would seem at odds with canonical norm…

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