Naming a Child

By Ed Peters:

The pope on children's names

No, the pope didn't "rail" against giving un-Christian names to babies, but he did point out, calmly and correctly, that names are important, and that the choice of a child's name should not be left to whim or fancy. There is, though—as is so often the case with news stories about the Church—a canonical aspect to this issue.

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