Political implications of Johnson's Catholicisim

Marydoll Tue 01-Jun-21 17:31:30

Marydoll I think you, more than anyone on here, appear to know exactly what you are talking about.

Although members of my family, including some very close to me, are Catholics, I would not profess to know how most of them feel about this. However, I have just been chatting to one who, although devout, is not that bothered by this marriage because the bride is Catholic and, as they said, it is her first marriage and obviously means a lot to her.

Galaxy

GN is accessed by most countries do people not understand this?

I doubt that my Catholic (or non-Catholic) relatives in other countries are bothered one jot about this.

Alegrias1

Just to be clear - I don't know why anyone cares what religion he is, or why it matters.

He could be a Jedi for all I care!!
Or none.

They may or may not be. They are certainly entitled to express a view on it. Otherwise we had better put a stop to the threads on Trump, France, and so on.

Apologies for the string of posts!

Remind me why any of this mumbo jumbo is in the least important?

If as they say that Boris's evils marriage are null and void that that make his older children illegitimate?

Sorry previous marriages not evils

Reading all these comments, some quite nasty for 'people with religion' proves the old saying that 'religion is the cause of so much trouble and strife in the world today, as it has been over centuries'.

Does anybody really care these days? People call themselves ’Christians’ but they most definitely are not living Christian lives.

Oh for goodness sake. Does it really matter what religion the prime minister is? It has no baring on the way he does the job ir advises the queen. This is 2021. Get a life and stop worrying about things that really do not matter. There are more important things in life...

Sadly, these days most baptisms, of any denomination, are purely social affairs - as are First Communions and Confirmations.
The clothes and the celebration afterwards seem to be the focus of the occasion, rather than it’s religious significance, in most cases.

Someone somewhere with too much money would no doubt bail him out

Illegitimate? ??‍♀️

As C-of-E I'd like to chip in. Most religious I know are very 'live and let live' - to the point of not minding whether you also attend worship houses of other faiths - never mind other denominations of the same faith!

I said somewhere up thread, but I’ll say it again, there is no such thing as illegitimate today. A law was passed some years ago, not sure when, that makes all children legitimate. As it should be in my opinion. So now all children can inherit from their parents. I’m not sure if there are any other changes, but I wholly approve of this law.

My RC priest says that a Catholic and a nonCatholic can marry in an RC church with a special dispensation.

The canonical requirements for godparents for Baptism and sponsors for Confirmation are the following:
Must be a Catholic who is baptized and confirmed.
Must be 16 years of age.
Must regularly practice the faith.
Must have membership in a Catholic parish.

My daughter married a Rooman Catholic and they are scraping around trying to find friends who are practising Catholics for a baptism!

However we all know laws of any kind don't apply to Boris Johnson so I'm sure he will be fine.

ROMAN gah where's EDIT? ;)

At least ONE Godparent must be a catholic when you baptise your child in the catholic faith.

When the parents marry it makes any illegitimate children Legitimate.

But if Boris was true to his faith he would not be a serial cheat.?

Youre right Grammagill- when my middle DD was having both her children baptised together in catholic faith, (as our family are) she had to ask me to be one extra God mother on the day as all the God parents they had chosen none were catholic, practicing or otherwise.(I on other hand was attending our local RC church regularly then as it was very close and my son was going regular for 1st holy communion preparation.

I’m not a Catholic but I am my niece’s Godmother. My husband’s not Catholic but he’s my nephew’s Godfather. My sister married a Catholic and the children were brought up Catholic, but we non Catholics are Godparents to their children, who are now adults of course.

I keep saying it and I’ll say it again

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD NOW. ALL CHILDREN ARE LEGITIMATE NOW.

Got it?

MaizieD

Impressive, Avalon.

Is that your knowledge or google's? (genuine question. I'm always impressed by the depth of knowledge Gnetters have)

I also heard this on the radio over the weekend. There was a discussion between various experts and Boris did indeed become Anglican at Eaton and was confirmed into that church.