Having been raised Catholic and schooled in it, I can say that baptism of an infant would not be considered a forced conversion by the church. Many/most Catholic parents have their children baptized; the parents and the godparents choose to have this done for the infant on behalf of the infant.

Today, I doubt that even a conversion of a tweeny or teen would be considered forced by the Catholic Church unless the child themselves protested it to the church.

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