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Vatican doctrine office: Transgender-identifying people can be baptized, witness marriages

November 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A baptismal font in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. / Bwag via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Nov 8, 2023 / 14:25 pm (CNA).
The Vatican’s doctrine office has said an adult who identifies as transgender can receive the sacr… […]

Godfather ban: Sicilian Catholic diocese suspends naming of godparents at baptism for 3 years

October 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA).
There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into f… […]