Jeremiah Poff is an education and culture reporter for the Washington Examiner. A Virginia native, he previously worked for the Cardinal Newman Society, the Department of Education, and the College Fix. He graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2019 with a degree in journalism and a minor in human life studies.
The Vatican's top office for the teachings of the Catholic Church issued new guidance this week clarifying that transgender people are able to receive the sacrament of baptism, but that gay people likely cannot act as godparents.
The document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith was issued as a"responsa ad dubia," or a formal answer to questions. Brazilian bishop José Negri had posed a series of questions to the Vatican regarding the administration of the sacrament of baptism to transgender people and to children raised by gay couples. The document also addressed whether or not gay and transgender people could serve as godparents or witnesses to weddings.
Baptism in the Catholic Church marks the beginning of an individual's journey as a Christian and is considered the most important of the seven Catholic sacraments. The document said that children raised by gay people could be baptized in the Catholic Church but noted that"In order for the child to be baptized, there must be a well-founded hope that he or she will be brought up in the Catholic religion."
When it came to whether a gay person can serve as a godparent, the document was less committal. Godparents, the Vatican said, must live"a life in conformity with the faith and the task he or she assumes.”The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful and"intrinsically disordered," but that people with same-sex attraction should be treated with dignity and respect.
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