Each year, the pope typically celebrates baptisms for the children of Vatican employees after Christmas in the Sistine Chapel: a tradition that was unable to take place last year due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Yet Pope Francis managed to resume this custom in 2022, baptizing 16 babies.<\/p>\n
And the Pope seemed very happy to be able to do so. He told the parents present to remember who this day is really about.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS The Pope then explained what this sacrament consists of, and the role of each child's parents and godparents. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis then baptized each infant....<\/p>\n After Mass, he greeted each of the families before leaving, and spent extra time with this mother who recently lost her husband.<\/p>\n -'She's in Heaven.'<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 10, 2022. \u201cYour task is to protect the Christian identity of your children,\u201d the Pope tells parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ki6f9_VcMhg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessabattesimieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessabattesimiint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>'This ceremony is a bit long, and the children feel strange here in an environment they do not recognize. Please, they are the focus: make sure they are not too hot, that they feel comfortable and okay. If they are hungry, breastfeed them here calmly, in front of the Lord, it is not a problem.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>'Today your children will receive their Christian identity. And you, parents and godparents, must protect this identity. This is your task throughout your lives: to protect the Christian identity of your children. It is a daily task: to raise them with the light they will receive today.'<\/em><\/p>\n