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Rene Charles Baptism


Celine Dion has baptised her son Rene-Charles in a flurry of excitement at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Quebec.

The French-Canadian pop diva was greeted by 1500 excited onlookers who swamped the church to see her with six month old son, Rene-Charles.

The sober Catholic ceremony was preceded by a publicity frenzy with all the glitter of a Hollywood premiere.

Dion and husband Rene Angelil, Quebec's equivalent of a royal family, arrived in a limousine , in an event broadcast on national television.

Some 250 friends and members of the family gathered inside Montreal's landmark church while the hoard of fans and photographers cheered outside.

Dion's infant son was baptised under the rite of the Catholic Greek Melchite faith, shared by Angelil, which means that he also received the sacrament of the confirmation and first communion as well as the baptism.

Montreal officials closed off the streets in the city's historic district and rolled out a blue carpet at the entrance to the church chapel.

A lavish but private party with guests was held later at Dion and Angelil's posh home.

The 33-year-old, famed for her song My Heart Will Go On from the movie Titanic, is on a three-year sabbatical from showbusiness as she takes care of her young son.

The popular singer has said she will make a comeback in a musical in Las Vegas in 2003.