The Vatican says transgender people can be baptized, contradicting U.S. bishops

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The Vatican, which leads the Catholic Church, has said that transgender people and people in same-sex relationships are able to be baptized and serve as witnesses at weddings, and trans people can also be godparents as well. The document, issued by the Vatican on Wednesday, signals the church’s gradual acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals, even though it contradicts the thinking of some Catholic leaders in the United States.

“A transgender person — [even one] who had also undergone hormone treatment and sex reassignment surgery — can receive baptism, under the same conditions as the other faithful, if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal or disorientation among the faithful,” the document states, adding that this applies as well to trans minors, just as long as the baptized individual has a “disposition towards grace” and “repentance for serious sins.”

The document also states that trans people can serve as…

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