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LGBTQ groups have lambasted a new document for taking anti-trans positions and undercutting the church’s attempts at inclusion.

Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex

Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it’s a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching. But the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had encouraged some trans Catholics to hope the church might become more accepting. Maxwell Kuzma, a Catholic transgender man from Ohio, said he was grateful for the pope’s personal outreach. But Kuzma sa...

The Vatican has declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, promp...

Transgender Catholics—as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish—expressed disappointment Monday with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it was a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching, but the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Transgender Catholics — as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish — expressed disappointment Monday with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one's biological sex. In essence, it was a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching, but the dismay was heightened because recent

Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it’s a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching. But the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had encouraged some trans Catholics to hope the church might become more accepting. Maxwell Kuzma, a Catholic transgender man from Ohio, said he was grateful for the pope’s personal outreach. But Kuzma sa...

Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it’s a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching. But the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had encouraged some trans Catholics to hope the church might become more accepting. Maxwell Kuzma, a Catholic transgender man from Ohio, said he was grateful for the pope’s personal outreach. But Kuzma sa...

Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it’s a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching. But the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had encouraged some trans Catholics to hope the church might become more accepting. Maxwell Kuzma, a Catholic transgender man from Ohio, said he was grateful for the pope’s personal outreach. But Kuzma sa...

Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now an attorney general vows to help other states