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.
"Canon Law does not allow for the modification or cancellation
of entries made in the Baptismal Register, except to correct any
errors in transcription", the Vatican department stated,
underlining however that the entry "is not intended to accredit
the religious faith of individual people".
It said "the sacraments received and the registrations made do
not in any way limit the free will of those Christian faithful
who, by virtue of it, decide to leave the Church".
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