 From the moment of a baptism ceremony, the godparents (godfather and godmother, "padrino" and "madrina" in Spanish, "padrinho" and "madrinha" in Portuguese, and "ninong" and "ninang" in Filipino) share the parenting role of the baptised child with the natural parents.By Catholic doctrine, upon the child's baptism the godparents accept the responsibility to ensure that the child is raised according to the dictates of the Catholic faith and to ensure the child pursues a life of improvement and success (through education, marriage, personal development, and so forth).At the moment of baptism, the godparents and natural parents become each other's "compadres" (the plural form "compadres" includes both male and female co-parents).