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Many people choose get baptized later in life, usually after conversion.
There's also a few denominations of Christianity (albeit protestant ones) who only baptise teens and adults, as they believe baptism has to be a conscious choice rather than something done to an infant in order for it to be valid.
Yeah, almost mentioned them but they wouldn't be covered by the Pope's decisions, but you're right - and I assume in some catholic communities they might have similar practices even though that's a minority case.
Of course they wouldn't be covered by the Pope's decision. He isn't the leader of christianity, he's the leader of Catholicism.
Honestly one thing I'm tired of is people blaming the Vatican for the insane shit that evangelicals and fundamentalists do.
It's like getting mad at Taco Bell because Hardee's got your order wrong.
Yes, that's what I'm saying :)
There's a separate ceremony called Confirmation to let the person choose to believe when they're older, in both Catholicism and Protestantism. Usually at the age of eight to twelve, so it's not exactly a choice then either, but they could theoretically choose not to.