Pope John XXIII's 1961 instruction to the same effect became a dead letter because most bishops did not want to follow it. I'm sure that Benedict XVI knows that. I'd be very interested in seeing what, if anything, will be done to prevent a rerun of that movie.
Have you ever heard of this Navy tradition? Babies are baptized in the
ship’s bell.....
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Today I learned that the US Navy traditionally allows the infant children
of crew members to be baptized in the upturned ship's bell. A 2021 Navy
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