Godfather whack! Sicilian church leaders ban godparents at baptisms - New York Post

Salvatore Genchi, the vicar general of Catania, reportedly said of the ban.

Although Genchi is the godfather to at least 15 godchildren, he argued that most of the diocese’s godparents were not cut out for juggling so many responsibilities, according to the article.

“Despite what some priests think, I paid attention to all of my baptismal godchildren,” Cuffaro reportedly said, adding he only accepted about one in 20 requests to stand on behalf of children at baptisms.

“It’s shocking,” Jalissa Testa, 21, reportedly said at her son’s Catania baptism on the first Sunday of the godparent embargo.

“I feel like the godfather,” Motta told the paper