Posted on 09/02/2015 1:19:30 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
Important - Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responds: Transsexual cannot be Godparent
The Bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta, Spain, Bp. Rafael Zornoza, was the object of intense media persecution in his country after he refused the request of a lady (now claiming to be a "man") from being the "godfather". In early August, it seemed that he had caved in. As Breitbart reported on August 8, "A Spanish bishop has caved in to pressure and allowed a transsexual man to become a godfather. The Bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta will now allow Alex Salinas, who was born a woman, to become godfather to his nephew, his local parish priest has said."
Alas, thankfully, that was not exactly the case. Today, the Bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta published a long communiqué, which includes this central excerpt (first translation in English of the relevant CDF response):
[Bishop:]... Considering the disorientation caused among some of the faithful by some words having been attributed to me that I had not pronounced, and due to the complexity and media relevance of this subject, taking into consideration the possible pastoral consequences of any decision regarding it, I raised up a formal consultation before the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose response was:
[CDF:]"Regarding this particular [issue], I inform you of the impossibility that it be admitted. The transsexual behavior itself reveals, in a public manner, an attitude that is opposed to the moral demand of resolving one's own problem of sexual identity according to the truth of one's own sex. Therefore, it is evident that this person does not possess the requisite of leading a life according to the faith and to the position of godfather (CIC [Code of Canon Law] Can 874 §3), not being able, therefore, of being admitted to the position either of godmother or of godfather. Discrimination is not to be seen in this, but only a recognition of an objective lack of the requisites that by their own nature are necessary to take over the ecclesial responsibility of being a godparent." ... [Bishop:] For these reasons, it has been made known to the interested parties that their request cannot be accepted.
The Church welcomes all persons charitably, wanting to help each one in his position with sentiments of mercy, but without denying the truth that she preaches, that she proposes to all as a path a faith to be freely embraced.
[Source: Diócesis de Cádiz y Ceuta, in Spanish]
Amen!
Good for them.
You know the next thing would have been “Well, why can’t a tranny be a priest?” Then, if a tranny was ordained, they would suddenly “switch back” to being a woman and demand that the door be open to all. That’s how they work.
Neither can Bigfoots, Unicorns, Fairies, nor Centaurs.
(There’s no such thing as a “transexual”)
Good foresight.
This has been a hot topic in the Spanish press, because the parish priest denied this biological woman’s request to be a godfather. She appealed to the bishop, who basically told her to stand by and wait, since the bishop was clearly unnerved by the Pope’s favorable acceptance of another “transsexual” a couple of months ago and he wanted guidance.
In the latter case, which happened in another diocese in Spain, the woman (who thought she was a man) wrote to the Pope because she was offended when her parish priest told her she was nuts, and the Pope made them all apologize to her, and invited her to the Vatican for a private audience...making the diocese pay her air fare!
So while the bishop of Cadiz should have been bolder and simply said no, I can see why he would be a bit nervous, since the Pope is in the habit of overruling bishops in local matters. Appealing to the CDF was a sensible thing to do, and I think he got a pretty definitive answer which can be used to support other bishops and priests in similar situations.
Also, I don’t think the Pope would dare to overrule the CDF, although some people on a Spanish blog have said that he has occasionally counseled people to ignore the CDF. He told a group of “Liberation Theology” priests that they should simply go on with what they were doing, regardless of the CDF. So this may not be finished yet.
A man--> woman tranny is always a man.
There's no possibility of either kind of tranny becoming a priest, because a priest must be a real male, born male, and complete in every detail. (Like the "perfect male lamb" chosen for sacrifice on Passover.) A man willfully mutilated in any way cannot become priest, with the exception of a man tortured and mutilated for his faith (e.g. St. Isaac Jogues).
“There’s no possibility of either kind of tranny becoming a priest, because a priest must be a real male, born male, and complete in every detail.”
That won’t stop them from trying.
I know.
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