The Importance of Baptism in Catholic Theology

A priest found out much later in life that he wasn't properly baptized. The Vatican ruled on this matter and said, yeah, it's improper. So the eye is not my, it's Christ's eye, right? Which is why you can't say, as the Deacon in this case said many years ago, we baptize you. And since he wasn't baptized, he hadn't validly received first communion because you got to baptize him to receive first communion.