Religious indoctrination aka child abuse - my comment at the Wall Street Journal.

"Last year, the archdiocese baptized almost 70,000 babies"

As with all religions children automatically belong to their parent's cult. It would be like babies becoming Republicans or Democrats as soon as they're born. It makes no sense. But if children were allowed to grow up and make their own decisions about religion all these cults would go extinct because an adult would never buy the nonsense. So they have to brainwash children never caring this is child abuse.

The brainwashing continues for centuries. It never ends until a victim realizes the brainwashers are insane.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/church-grapples-with-growth-and-decline-1442750401