“Vatican Says Transgender People Can Be Baptized and Become Godparents. A document approved by Pope Francis lays out nuanced guidance in keeping with his vision of a more inclusive church, but it does not amount to a policy change in the church, the Vatican says. ”
“The vote follows a memo that the USCCB doctrine comt. published last March that calls for ban on gender therapies, i.e. all mental, hormonal and physical treatments given to individuals who do not recognize themselves in their birth sex... not respect "the fundamental order of human body".”
“Milwaukee Abp Jerome Listecki, who serves as the chairman of the bps' Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance, told the nation's bps in a 9/22 memo that they might consider "various options" to ensure that only people assigned male at birth are ordained to the Catholic priesthood.
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Vatican Says Transgender People Can Be Baptized and Become Godparents
Catholic bishops in US wade into debates over gender therapy
Trans men 'unknowingly admitted' to Catholic seminaries, bishops' committee alleges
