{"id":25009,"date":"2015-09-07T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/vatican-says-transgender-man-cannot-become-a-godparent\/"},"modified":"2015-09-07T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T14:21:06","slug":"vatican-says-transgender-man-cannot-become-a-godparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/vatican-says-transgender-man-cannot-become-a-godparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has rejected a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/07\/29\/catholic-godparent-transgender_n_7889800.html\" target=\"_blank\">request by a transgender man<\/a>&nbsp;in Spain to become a godparent, ruling that his sexual identity means he is incapable of carrying out the task.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Alex Salinas was asked by his family to be godfather to his nephew, but the bishop of his local diocese on Spain&rsquo;s southern coast questioned his gender identity.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Salinas was born a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> but has since undergone hormone therapy and has a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> ID in Spain. He is now waiting for gender surgery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.es\/20150728\/trans-man-banned-from-being-godfather-in-spain\" target=\"_blank\">The Local Spain reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy&nbsp;of Cadiz and Ceuta rejected the family&rsquo;s request to name&nbsp;Salinas as a godfather. Then, after&nbsp;a media storm, the bishop wrote to the Vatican for advice.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a statement <span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1966933042\"><span>Tuesday<\/span><\/span> (Sept. 1), the bishop said he turned to the Vatican due to &ldquo;confusion among some of the faithful&rdquo; and &ldquo;the complexity and media attention garnered by this issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Zornoza also published the Vatican&rsquo;s reasoning for rejecting Salinas&rsquo; wish.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It said <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">transsexual<\/a> behavior &ldquo;reveals in a public way an attitude opposite to the moral imperative of solving the problem of sexual identity according to the truth of one&rsquo;s own sexuality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The statement from the&nbsp;Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, responsible for enforcing Catholic doctrine, concluded: &ldquo;It is clear that this person does not meet the requirement of carrying out a life conforming to the faith and the position of godfather.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It also said&nbsp;the decision was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/07\/29\/catholic-godparent-transgender_n_7889800.html\" target=\"_blank\">not intended to be discriminatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In commenting on the decision, Zornoza noted that Pope Francis had addressed gender issues in his encyclical on the environment. While not referring to transgender people specifically, <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\">the pope wrote<\/a>: &ldquo;The acceptance of our bodies as God&rsquo;s gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the Father and our common home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Still, the pope has welcomed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/inside-sister-monicas-secret-ministry-to-transgender-people_55ca46c5e4b0f73b20bad786\" target=\"_blank\">transgender people<\/a>&nbsp;with symbolic gestures.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In January, Francis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/01\/26\/pope-francis-transgender-man_n_6549886.html\" target=\"_blank\">met with a transgender Spaniard<\/a>&nbsp;at the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In March, transgender prisoners near Napes, Italy, were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/03\/19\/gay-transgender-inmates-invited-lunch-pope-francis-prison-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">invited to lunch with Francis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>And <span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1966933043\"><span>on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, Francis met privately with renegade French Bishop Jacques Gaillot at the pope&rsquo;s<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Vatican residence. Gaillot, who was sidelined by Pope John Paul II, has welcomed and blessed LGBT people. 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Alex Salinas was asked by his family to be godfather to his nephew, but the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/vatican-says-transgender-man-cannot-become-a-godparent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/vatican-says-transgender-man-cannot-become-a-godparent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vatican Says Transgender Man Cannot Become A Godparent VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has rejected a request by a transgender man&nbsp;in Spain to become a godparent, ruling that his sexual identity means he is incapable of carrying out the task. 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