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No, the child needs to be baptized. Catholicism is not passed by generation, rather by the Sacrament of Baptism.

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Can a child be baptized in the Catholic church if the parents have not attended church in a while?

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Can a infant be baptized in Catholic Church if born out of wedlock and one parent is not Catholic?

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Cana child be baptized by their parents?

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Can children of a remarriage by a divorced Catholic be raised in the Catholic faith?

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