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OAN\u2019s\u00a0James Meyers<\/a>
1:21 PM \u2013 Thursday, November 9, 2023<\/p>\n
The Vatican\u2019s new ruling will now allow transgender people and babies of same-sex couples to be baptized.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The ruling came down on Wednesday, expanding the Catholic church\u2019s acceptance of LGBTQ+ members.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cA transgender person, even if they have undergone hormone therapy and sex-reassignment surgery, can receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful, if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating a public scandal or disorientation among the faithful,\u201d the church said in a document published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\u201cThe church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems,\u201d the document states, quoting the pope\u2019s 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The move comes after a Brazilian bishop questioned the Vatican in July over its LGBTQ+ members being involved in routine Catholic practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additionally, the document stated that transgender people are allowed to be godparents and witnesses at Catholic weddings and that people in same-sex relationships are also allowed to witness weddings, however, they cannot be godparents.<\/p>\n
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops rejected the idea of gender transition since the Vatican was established.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt is a major step for trans inclusion \u2026 it is big and good news,\u201d Francis DeBernardo, executive director of Maryland-based New Ways Ministry, told *The Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n*
*Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit priest who has been a known advocate for \u201ctransgender rights\u201d in the Catholic church, welcomed the new policy.<\/p>\n*
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\u201cIn many dioceses and parishes, including in the U.S., transgender Catholics have been severely restricted from participating in the life of the church, not because of any canon law, but stemming from the decisions of bishops, priests and pastoral associates,\u201d he said in a statement to the *AP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n*
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\u201cSo the Vatican\u2019s statement is a clear recognition not only of their personhood, but of their place in their own church,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope that it helps the Catholic Church treat them less as problems and more as people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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