[TI] Catholic church ban on Mormons accessing Sacramentalrecords.

[Bart Merella]

Ken

Agreed!! Public records, such as birth data and port of entry data, is
one thing.  Religious records are a totally different kettle of fish.  

bjm 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Ken
Geraci
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:40 PM
To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
Subject: Re: [TI] Catholic church ban on Mormons accessing
Sacramentalrecords.

Dear Bart,

That is a good point concerning how the other religions are also
restricting access to their records. 

And from a Catholic moral perspective the Church may feel like they
would be giving material cooperation to individuals who are involved in
religious practices contrary to Catholic teaching. 

And finally, religious records could also potentially be used one day
for religious persecution if an atheist government ever took power and
tried to root out Christianity or Judaism by tracing people's religious
affiliations from easily-accessible digitized records. This sounds crazy
until one remembers the Holocaust was only 63 years ago.

Ken Geraci

--- Bart Merella <merella at wtu.edu> wrote:

> A follow-on note to Ken's comments.
> 
> Much has been made of the Catholic Church's position on this matter.
> Recent articles in the press on this issue have made note of the fact 
> that several Protestant denominations and Jewish congregations are 
> equally opposed to the Mormon practice of geneaological baptism and 
> restrict access their own records accordingly.
> 
> Pace,
> Bart Merella
> 


      

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