...can a jewish person be a godmother? I'm catholic and my best friend is Jewish. Not anytime soon lol but when I have a child I always imagined having her as a godmother...is that against catholic religion??
JPC1125
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I think so....godparents for a catholic need to be catholic and baptized....so they can guide their godson/daughter throughout their faith
snydl40
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I don't think so-but I am not sure. My cousins godparents are greek orthodox. I think some churches are stricter than others. I would ask someone at your church.
tiffandmatt
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Traditionally yes. The role of Godmother and Godfather was for if the Catholic parents of a Catholic child died, then it would be guaranteed that the Godparents would take over in raising the child in the Catholic faith.
However many things have changed within the church now, the rules may have been relaxed. It seems more of a ceremonial thing now, in the case of the parents death, the child is no longer given over to Godparents.
So I would check with your church, to make sure. I would imagine that different churches have different rules pertaining to this.
dancinmyazoff
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I have a while to find out about this, but I just went to a christening on sunday and someone brought it to my attention so I was curious.
bellaro782
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Humm No i asked my Priest because Fh's Best man is Jewish and he said Its okay to be best man but Can not Baptize the child because when you baptize your child you are promisingto raise it catholic ,, I think its a stupid Rule but thats what he said because we want the best man & maid of honor to baptize our first Child when the time comes but I guess we cant
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depends on your church.....some will allow it some wont. Mine said too us that 1 person needed to be catholic and recived their conformation....while the other godparent can be catholic but never recived any sacrements or they can be jewish! but i know my friends church said no way the godparents must be catholic.
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I think it may depend on the church. When my oldest son, Robbie, was born they told me at least one of the godparents MUST be Catholic. BUT they never asked for proof or anything. When Noah was born we didn't ask and they didn't ask.
I doubt any church is going to say ... 'Okay, great - let's see the baptismal certificates for the godparents now...'
HOWEVER... during the ceremony the godparents ARE asked to promise to help raise the child as Catholics - even while the parents ARE alive.
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In the church a jewish person can not be godparents, but and you should ask a lawyer this, but in your will you can put who you want to be the guardian of your children. I believe the will overrides the religious ceremony
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Posted by Ivori
In the church a jewish person can not be godparents, but and you should ask a lawyer this, but in your will you can put who you want to be the guardian of your children. I believe the will overrides the religious ceremony
The religious ceremony has absolutely nothing to do with guardianship at all. My sons have 2 different sets of godparents (1 of them is NOT Catholic), but they have the same set of guardians per our will. Baptism and/or Christening has absolutely NO IMPACT on who will care for you kids when/if you die while they are younger. That's something you need to work out seperately.
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I am my sister godmother (13 years apart) and at the time I had not received confirmation yet, so they werent going to let me do it because i wasnt officially catholi yet - but since I wa receiving it in like a year they allowed it. I am like 99% sure that you must be catholic to be a godparent cause you make a promise to raise them as a good catholic along with their parents.
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Posted by rojerono
Posted by Ivori
In the church a jewish person can not be godparents, but and you should ask a lawyer this, but in your will you can put who you want to be the guardian of your children. I believe the will overrides the religious ceremony
The religious ceremony has absolutely nothing to do with guardianship at all. My sons have 2 different sets of godparents (1 of them is NOT Catholic), but they have the same set of guardians per our will. Baptism and/or Christening has absolutely NO IMPACT on who will care for you kids when/if you die while they are younger. That's something you need to work out seperately.
These days, a godparent is almost ceremonial...you have to legally assign someone to be the new guardian[s] for your child[ren] if you should pass on. It doesn't matter that they took an oath with a priest, besides there's always the slim chance you change your mind or drift apart...or that person dies and you have to find someone else.
kitty1224
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I do not think they can expecially if shes jewish.
leshellem
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You are technically not allowed in the catholic church. The person in question must be a practicing catholic, who has been confirmed. But like many have said, it depends on where you go whether those rules are enforced or not.
