Thank you Pat. I wonder if their posthumous baptisms do actually change the faith of the dead though. This sure is a sticky situation for all of those who used the LDS for their research. Sharon On 7/14/08, Pat & Judy O'Donnell <pat_odonnell@comcast.net> wrote: > > Refer to the Catholic News Service story dated May 2, 2008 at the following > link. > http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802443.htm > > > Patrick O'Donnell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Coyne" <coysharon@gmail.com> > To: <PA-PITTSBURGH@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:10 AM > Subject: [PA-PITTSBURGH] Vatican directive > > > > Has anyone ever seen this before? It was posted on the Irish-In-Chicago > > list. I sure hope that the Pope doesn't stop records from being sent to > > the > > LDS unless he wants the Catholic church to make their records more > > accessible from the church like the LDS does. > > > > > > I'm happy to sign this petition urging early release of the Irish 1926 > > records. Catholic subscribers to these lists might also consider writing > > their bishops about the recent Vatican directive that Catholic dioceses > > should not share parish registers with the LDS to prevent them from > > baptizing Catholics posthumously. I think the good that is done for > > genealogists of all faiths by having access to records through the LDS > far > > outweighs the annoyance of posthumous baptism. Since Catholics don't > > believe > > posthumous baptism has any affect, it's hard to see it as more than an > > annoyance. (I'm not trying to start a theological discussion/argument, > > just > > offering a suggestion.) > > > > Sharon > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Sharon, Pat, and Everybody, If this topic fails to explode on our list, it will be the first time I have seen that. I do hope that doesn't happen. Our list is so interesting and worthwhile. Don -----Original Message----- From: pa-pittsburgh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pa-pittsburgh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Coyne Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:58 AM To: pa-pittsburgh@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PA-PITTSBURGH] Vatican directive Thank you Pat. I wonder if their posthumous baptisms do actually change the faith of the dead though. This sure is a sticky situation for all of those who used the LDS for their research. Sharon On 7/14/08, Pat & Judy O'Donnell <pat_odonnell@comcast.net> wrote: > > Refer to the Catholic News Service story dated May 2, 2008 at the > following link. > http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802443.htm > > > Patrick O'Donnell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Coyne" <coysharon@gmail.com> > To: <PA-PITTSBURGH@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:10 AM > Subject: [PA-PITTSBURGH] Vatican directive > > > > Has anyone ever seen this before? It was posted on the > > Irish-In-Chicago list. I sure hope that the Pope doesn't stop > > records from being sent to the LDS unless he wants the Catholic > > church to make their records more accessible from the church like > > the LDS does. > > > > > > I'm happy to sign this petition urging early release of the Irish > > 1926 records. Catholic subscribers to these lists might also > > consider writing their bishops about the recent Vatican directive > > that Catholic dioceses should not share parish registers with the > > LDS to prevent them from baptizing Catholics posthumously. I think > > the good that is done for genealogists of all faiths by having > > access to records through the LDS > far > > outweighs the annoyance of posthumous baptism. Since Catholics don't > > believe posthumous baptism has any affect, it's hard to see it as > > more than an annoyance. (I'm not trying to start a theological > > discussion/argument, just > > offering a suggestion.) > > > > Sharon > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message