I recently received an invitation to the baptism of a friend. She currently attends a Bible church, but she was baptized Catholic as an infant and was then raised and confirmed in the United Methodist church. Since I know that she was already validly baptized, I understand that this new "baptism" would be redundant and would have no real meaning sacramentally. Would it be wrong for me to accept the invitation in light of this knowledge? I'm leaning towards not attending.

I have read on this forum that to be married in the Catholic Church, a couple must go into the marriage being open to having children. I have PCOS, and my doctor told me that I will likely require a fertility drug to be able to conceive, either metformin or clomid. He said that I probably can have kids, and I know that I was ovulating when I tried metformin in the past. I just don't like the side effects that it gives (makes me feel emotionally unsettled, and gives me an increased heart rate, specifically). I'm wary of taking it again. This was also a few years ago. I'm 31 now, and feel that my fertility is declining based on worsening PCOS symptoms I'm experiencing. My doctor said that there is no way of knowing until I get into a sexual relationship again (It has been some time since I have.), and actively try. What I want to know is how the Church feels about fertility drugs - whether or not it is against the usage of these drugs like it is IVF. My doctor said that I'm likely...

I've been trying to find any scriptural basis for republicanism as a political system but, from what I've seen, monarchy would be more appropriate for a Christian state. The Bible refers to "Christ the King," which would suggest a temporal monarch on earth to mirror God's royal attributes in the spiritual realm.