Pope Francis: invalid baptism with the formula 'we baptize'

 The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith therefore intervenes to stop the 'creativity' of some priests who change the formulas of the rites of the sacraments thinking of improving them.
    "Recently there have been celebrations of the Sacrament of Baptism administered with the words: 'On behalf of the father and mother, the godfather and the godmother, the grandparents, family members, friends, on behalf of the community we baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit '. Apparently, the deliberate modification of the sacramental formula - reports the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - was introduced to underline the community value of Baptism, to express the participation of the family and those present and to avoid the idea of ​​the concentration of a sacred power in the priest at the expense of parents and the community ". But the "I", which the priest must pronounce has a very specific doctrinal value: "sign-presence of the very action of Christ". "In the specific case of the Sacrament of Baptism, the minister not only does not have the authority to dispose of the sacramental formula at his convenience, for the reasons of the Christological and ecclesiological nature set forth above, but he cannot even declare that he acts on behalf of the parents, godparents, family members or friends, and not even on behalf of the same assembly gathered for the celebration, "explains the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
    Now the question of baptisms celebrated with this wrong rite opens. To the question "Those for whom Baptism was celebrated with the above formula must be baptized in absolute form?", The Vatican's answer is: "affirmatively". "Negatively" is the answer given to the main question: "Is Baptism valid with the formula: 'We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit'?".
    In practice, the baptisms with the formula 'we' are as if they had never been made. Although, however, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church - as explained by experts in the Vatican - there could be a way out to avoid the 'repetition' of the sacrament. Also because without Baptism, the other sacraments, from Confirmation to Communion, from Marriage to Confession, are not valid in cascade. In the Catechism it is established that "God has tied salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, however he is not tied to his sacraments". Always in the Catechism there are openings for the unbaptized: "Every man who, while ignoring the Gospel of Christ and his Church, seeks the truth and does the will of God as he knows it, can be saved". (HANDLE).