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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Vatican, more compassionate and tolerant than America. Who’d have thought it’d ever happen.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pope Francis has always been like this, I like the old man

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

It's nice that some random old dude gave permission to a bunch of other old dudes to sprinkle some water on transgender individuals and call it something significant. How saintly.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow how nice of them. Hey all, we’ve decided to let you exist in our presence. YOU’RE WELCOME!!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Catholic League head gone bust! 🤯

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"And we promise not to eat your faces."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The department, known as the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, was vague however, in response to a question of whether a same-sex couple could have a Church baptism for an adopted child or one obtained through a surrogate mother.

Bishop Jose Negri of Santo Amaro in Brazil sent the doctrinal office six questions in July regarding LGBT people and their participation in the sacraments of baptism and matrimony.

The three pages of questions and answers were signed by the department's head, Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, and approved by Pope Francis on Oct. 31.

In response to a question of whether transgender people can be baptized, the doctrinal office said they could with some conditions and as long as there is "no risk of causing a public scandal or disorientation among the faithful".

The document said a person in a same-sex relationship could also be a witness at a Catholic wedding, the office said, citing current Church canonical legislation which contained no prohibition against it.

The response was less clear regarding persons in same-sex relationships and their role in baptism, which is the initiation into the Church for infants, children or adults.


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