CCC 1258
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The Church has always held the firm conviction that those who suffer death for the sake of the faith without having received Baptism are baptized by their death for and with Christ. This Baptism of blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament.
Read the full chapter 1. The Sacraments of Christian Initiation ¶1212–1419
Cited in 2
- ¶1258 Questions(A child who died unbaptised
Salvation outside the Church)