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LGBTQ+@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months ago

Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says

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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says

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LGBTQ+@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months ago

Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday.

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The being baptized part is relevant to converts, and the being a godparent part would have relevance for all transgender catholics.

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