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DDF responds to transgender dubia

Can transgender people be baptized? Can a member of a same-sex couple be a godparent? The Vatican responds to controversial sacramental questions.

Luke Coppen
Nov 08, 2023
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The Vatican’s doctrine office has responded to a bishop’s questions concerning the role of people who identify as LGBT at Catholic baptisms and weddings.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, pictured Sept. 30, 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published Nov. 8 a three-page Italian document responding to six controversial questions

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