I'm 31 years old and was baptised in a Catholic Church, since then I have had nothing to do with the Church.

Question

So, am I still considered or registered as a Catholic?

Sorry, I should have been more specific, I was baptised as a baby.

Answer 1

You are still considered a Catholic. But there is no "register" as such. The date and place of your baptism is only recorded and kept at the church where it took place.

Answer 2

simply put....yes !

And contrary to what someone else wrote the Church would still view you as a member of the body of Christ, God's Church even though you have not been practicing your faith. Some Christian communities in Protestantism would stress you aren't Christian at all by your baptism and especially because it was made in the Catholic faith, poor them. Baptism is an everlasting mark on your soul that is why Catholicism teaches it cannot be rubbed off. You can deminish your baptismal grace through sin but the Church has always instructed salvation is a journey during which repentence is the path always open. Many Adult converts to Catholicism do not require re-baptism because their previous baptism (by what could even be a very anti-catholic group) is considered just as valid as any performed by the Catholic clergy.

Re your non-practicing state: Sinners and saints are joined to the end and that means in the Church not some obscure twilight zone labeled by the church of fundamental_evangelical_land.

Jesus will decide your final salvation but think on why you ask the question to begin with.

Answer 3

You are a baptised catholic, but not a confirmed catholic. So what are you going to do about it? If you didn't care, you wouldn't have asked the question.

Answer 4

Well if you were a member of a club and asked a similar question, what do you think they would say?
Only you can answer the above question. If you believe in God, the sacraments and the teachings of the Catholic Church, you would always be made welcome if you decided to return to worshipping God under the umbrella of an organised religion.

Answer 5

Yes, you are considered a Catholic.

You are entitled to Catholic marriage and burial.

If you go on to receive Confirmation and Eucharist (Holy Communion) you will be a "fully initiated" Catholic.

If you attend begin to attend Mass at your local parish you can "register" as a parishioner.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

One baptism suffices for any and all the Christian denominations.

Why not take a fresh look at the church you never participated in.

God rarely does things for no reason.

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Answer 7

not entirely sure, but I believe that you have to be confirmed in order to become a adult member of the church.
I was baptised and had holy communion as a child but was never confirmed so am not an active member of the church.

btw am a christian.

Answer 8

Once a Catholic always a Catholic. You are probably what they call a lapsed Catholic. I myself am a Lapsed Catholic. Lapsed all the way to atheism.

Answer 9

yeah you are fundamentally recognised by your family as catholic, but if yo haven't been to church then the church (as in that church, not the church as the body of people) probably don't think of you as a devout catholic, but I don't really see that as a problem.

Answer 10

Surely it comes down to whether or not you consider yourself Catholic? You don't practise your faith (I'm not judging) so is the only reason for the question that you feel guilty renouncing it?

Look inside :-)