In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded.
There is a lot of division in the Catholic Church right now, because of the strict traditionalists that are now in it. So it’s not out of the realm of possibility for someone to get a more accepting congregation across town.
I see progress here, though, because now they are acknowledging that the issue with accepting transgender people is with the “disorientation” among the congregation, not with anything disqualifying about the Trans person themselves. Prior popes would have called them “disordered” and “unnatural” and excluded them with vigor.
There is a lot of division in the Catholic Church right now, because of the strict traditionalists that are now in it. So it’s not out of the realm of possibility for someone to get a more accepting congregation across town.
I see progress here, though, because now they are acknowledging that the issue with accepting transgender people is with the “disorientation” among the congregation, not with anything disqualifying about the Trans person themselves. Prior popes would have called them “disordered” and “unnatural” and excluded them with vigor.