A letter from Pope Francis provides guidelines on LGBT acceptance under church law. An American priest expects the result to be ‘messy’ problems for Catholics.
In a November letter to Brazilian Bishop José Negri, Pope Francis laid out rules for transgender and LGBT engagement in the Catholic church.
Bishop Negri had asked the pontiff several questions on how the church should respond to transgender and homosexual-identifying individuals.
Under the pope’s new clarifications of rules for the church, some “transsexual” Catholics are allowed to be baptized, become godparents to children, and act as witnesses at weddings.
Using a pseudonym, Rev. Brown agreed to speak to The Epoch Times on the condition of anonymity because it would give him more freedom to comment, he said. The Epoch Times verified his position in the church.
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