Pope Francis welcomed a group of transgender women, with whom he has formed an ongoing relationship, to a luncheon at the Vatican last week marking the church’s World Day of the Poor.

Some 1,200 people who live in poverty or are unhoused joined Francis for a meal inside the papal audience hall, at tables reminiscent of the Synod assembly held in that same space last month. The Associated Press reported on one notable group of luncheon guests: trans women from just outside Rome, many of whom are sex workers and migrants from Latin America:

“Thanks to the local parish priest [in the Italian town of Torvaianica], these women now make monthly visits to Francis’ Wednesday general audiences, where they are given VIP seats. On any given day, they receive handouts of medicine, cash and shampoo. When COVID-19 struck, the Vatican bussed them into its health facility so they could be vaccinated ahead of most Italians. . .

“‘Before, the church was closed to us. They didn’t see us as normal people, they saw us as the devil,’ said Andrea Paola Torres Lopez, a Colombian transgender woman known as Consuelo, whose kitchen is decorated with pictures of Jesus. ‘Then Pope Francis arrived and the doors of the church opened for us.’



Part of what Pope Francis to open those doors was a recent guidance from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith which said trans people, including those who medically transition, could be accepted for baptism and serve as godparents. The guidance, known formally as a responsum ad dubia, was praised by LGBTQ+ advocates. The trans women of Torvaianica were likewise grateful:

“Carla Segovia, a 46-year-old Argentine sex worker, said for transgender women like herself, being a godparent is the closest thing she will ever get to having a child of her own. She said that the new norms made her feel more comfortable about maybe one day returning fully to the faith that she was baptized in but fell away from after coming out as trans.

“‘This norm from Pope Francis brings me closer to finding that absolute serenity,’ she said, which she feels is necessary to be fully reconciled with the faith.

“Claudia Vittoria Salas, a 55-year-old transgender tailor and house cleaner, said she had already served as a godparent to three of her nieces and nephews back home in Jujuy, in northern Argentina. She choked up as she recalled that her earnings from her former work as a prostitute put her godchildren through school.”

The relationship between Pope Francis and this group of trans women dates to 2020, when they sought help from Fr. Andrea Conocchia because they could not work due to the pandemic. As Bondings 2.0 reported previously, Conocchia and the women asked the pope for assistance which the town’s small parish could not fully provide. Per AP.

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I just feel like this POPE is not representing Christians well, but only God can judge us

Wahala, see wetin Pope turn Christianity to

Even Jesus played host to the prostitute, if we were all perfect we wont be asking for forgiveness.

The pope is not endorsing any sin ,his holiness gives them strength for true repentance.

It is well.

Trans women are men right?

Should he throw them away?

Gradually gradually religion is becoming something else.

Christianity

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Not a conspiracy theorist but the Whites are pushing this dirty agenda.

In TV series especially... you would see them forcing homosexuality and tranny stuff on us.

Watching SANDMAN and virtually all couples are fagg0ts and carpet-munchers.

Kids can't even watch a show without a man tonguing another. YUCK 🤮

No big deal...Jesus dine with tax collectors

malcom1X:
Trans women are men right?

Yes

This is why I love that Russian President.

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Convocation of Reprobates.

malcom1X:
Trans women are men right?

Yes they're men who undergo surgery, remove their male organs and replace them with that of females.

That's why you see them with breast, hips and all.

Na from Clap dance de start. The next meeting is with Ashawos, money swindlers, yahoo-yahoo boys, gay prostitutes, armed robbers, rapists, drug dealers, murderers, cultists and finally INEC officials. Pope Francis is just using his own wokeness to embarrass Catholics world-wide! *Yimu*

God bless the Pope...


I use to pity trans whenever I watch their movies but God knows best..

Wahala everywhere

hmmmm........

The Pope's decision to eat with transgender women is a compassionate and inclusive act that reflects the Church's teachings on love and acceptance. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that transgender people are different from other people in any way other than their gender identity. In fact, many transgender people were born with a gender identity that does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. These individuals often experience significant emotional and social challenges as they navigate their gender identity. The Pope's act of kindness and understanding sends a powerful message of hope and acceptance to transgender people around the world.

For what its worth, I know a trans woman who was born with a penis. Medical tests also showed she has ovaries. However after much stigma, she choose to identify as a man.

magoo10:
Even Jesus played host to the prostitute, if we were all perfect we wont be asking for forgiveness.

But Jesus Father condemned them!

Christianity has been reduced to a Joke.

magoo10:
Even Jesus played host to the prostitute, if we were all perfect we wont be asking for forgiveness.

Where did he do this in the scripture?

Jesus Christ would probably have done same.

Though His motive would have been Love & to draw them to His Kingdom.

Omo...

Well, like it or not, religion is meant to evolve as humanity does.

For instance Islam and Christianity prescribed the death punishment for sins like adultery, but that'd be barbaric in today's world.