In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded.
If the Vatican could get away with running the order like they did in the 1950s where masses were in Latin and women were seen not heard they would. Changes by the Vatican aren’t due to an enlightenment; they are an act of self preservation. The young are less interested in religion and active members and tithes continue to freefall. Most American Catholics are only Catholic because they were born that way not because they give a rat’s ass about eating meat on a Friday. It’s the evangelical nutters that have broken away long ago when they realized that the wedding-and-funeral Catholics couldn’t be arsed to hate the right people.
If the Vatican could get away with running the order like they did in the 1950s where masses were in Latin and women were seen not heard they would. Changes by the Vatican aren’t due to an enlightenment; they are an act of self preservation. The young are less interested in religion and active members and tithes continue to freefall. Most American Catholics are only Catholic because they were born that way not because they give a rat’s ass about eating meat on a Friday. It’s the evangelical nutters that have broken away long ago when they realized that the wedding-and-funeral Catholics couldn’t be arsed to hate the right people.