And it's cool when multiple children from the same family receive sanctifying grace and are initiated into the Church at once, which often happens when parents convert and are new to the Faith.
And of course, if the family friend is of long standing and now just happens to be Pope, well....
But can someone explain how old friends of the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires never got around to having their daughter until she was NINE YEARS OLD? couldn't some priest who was a friend of the family have suggested she receive the sacrament?
In a whirlwind trip, Lucas Schaerer and his family – friends of Pope Francis from his time in Buenos Aires – traveled to the Vatican, where the Pope baptized their daughters, Simona and Charo.
“The ceremony was beautiful and simple…Francis celebrated Mass and then we went to a sitting room, where we spoke for a long time,” Argentinian journalist Mercedes Ninci, a close friend of the couple, recalled in comments posted to the Vatican blog Il Sismografo Aug. 12.....
According to the journalist, Lucas and his wife Ana have known the Pope for some time, and are both active members in “The Alameda” Foundation. Dedicated to fighting against human and drug trafficking, the organization is well-known in Latin America, and has always had Francis’ strong support....
Lucas and Ana sent the Pope a sonogram image of their baby when they found out they were pregnant. Once the Pope received it, she said, he offered to baptize the baby when she was born....
After arriving to the Eternal City Aug. 5, the couple returned to Buenos Aires on the 10th.
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