In December 2012, a record number of people decided to be unbaptized. The debaptism is partly due to the annual Christmas speech of Pope Benedict XV!. On Friday, December 21, 2012, Pope Benedict gave his annual Christmas speech. According to many, Pope Benedict said something wrong in his Christmas speech. The Pope said homosexuals ,destroy the essence of the human being., Many homosexuals around the world feel offended by this statement. Due to the Pope’s ,insult, many homosexuals are turning their backs on the Catholic Church. This is called “unbaptizing”. The so-called unbaptism after Pope Benedict’s Christmas speech also seems to be becoming a trend in the Netherlands. “Debaptism” is also made known in the Netherlands by famous Dutch people. Well-known Dutch people, for example, Winfried Baijens, Art Rooijakkers and Suzanne Bosman have indicated that they want to “unbaptize”. In the Netherlands there is a website for ‘debaptizers’.
Pope Benedict XV’s Christmas speech!
Pope Benedict XV1 has been discredited since his Christmas speech in 2012. The Pope’s Christmas speech was broadcast worldwide. According to various media, the Pope attacked homosexuals during this Christmas speech. Following this Christmas speech, thousands of followers of the Catholic Church decided to be baptized. Some well-known Dutch people also decided to be baptized and thus deregister from the Catholic Church. As far as is known, TV presenter Winfried Baijens was the first known Dutch person to inform the Dutch that he had been baptized.
What did the Pope really say?
It seems that the various media did not properly understand the pope’s statements. The Pope’s statements during his Christmas speech seem taken out of context. The Pope’s Christmas speech can be read on the Vatican website. When reading this homily, it appears that the Pope did not use the word homosexuality once during his Christmas speech. During his Christmas speech, the Pope does make a plea in favor of the traditional family. So a family with a married father and mother. He also indicates that the loss of traditional gender roles is a dangerous development. A development that is contrary to the natural order. These are statements that can be interpreted in different ways. Explaining it in different ways has resulted in various actions being started on Facebook in the Netherlands. Partly as a result of these actions on Facebook, many are unbaptized. The website www.ontdopen.nl, which had an average of ten visitors per day before the Pope’s Christmas speech , attracts more than 10,000 visitors per day in the days after the Christmas speech.
Unbaptized
When people are baptized, they leave the church. Debaptism means that the debaptizers have their names removed from the church registers. The name is also deleted from the baptismal register. Debaptism was a difficult process for many years. Debaptists had to be very patient in order to be deregistered from the church registers.
www.ontdopen.nl
While for years it was very difficult for a Catholic to be baptized, the website www.ontdopen.nl now offers a solution for many. This website helps Catholics who want to be baptized with this process. Catholics who wish to be baptized can generate a number of letters in a few simple steps on the website by entering their personal details. One of these letters is for the Interchurch Members Administration Foundation (SILA), one of these letters is for the diocese and one for the parish. After generating the letters created on the website, they must be copied into a word processing program and then printed out. After printing, the letters must be signed and sent accompanied by a copy of proof of identity. By sending the letters, the debaptism became a fact.