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In a 41-page document, titled “The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized,” authorized by Pope Benedict XVI for publication earlier this year, the Vatican’s International Theological Commission said “there are good reasons to hope that babies who die without being baptized go to heaven.”

The church continues to teach that, because of original sin, baptism is the ordinary way of salvation for all people and urges parents to baptize infants, the document said.

But there is greater theological awareness today that God is merciful and “wants all human beings to be saved,” it said. Grace has priority over sin, and the exclusion of innocent babies from heaven does not seem to reflect Christ’s special love for “the little ones,” it said.

“Our conclusion is that the many factors that we have considered … give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptized infants who die will be saved and enjoy the beatific vision,” the document said.

We seriously wonder if it mentions anything about “unbaptized” ejaculates.

Stumble it!