May our baby be baptized at Easter?
The short answer
Yes. Baptism may be celebrated on any day, but Easter is especially fitting (canon 856). Pope Benedict XVI treasured having been baptized the day he was born, Holy Saturday 1927, with the newly blessed waters.
Baptism can be celebrated on any day, but Easter is particularly fitting (Code of Canon Law 856).
Pope Benedict XVI always counted it a special privilege that he was baptized on the day of his birth, Holy Saturday 1927, with the newly blessed baptismal water.
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