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Transsexual individuals can receive baptism in the Roman Catholic Church "if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal," according to a new Vatican policy statement. ....
Catholic Vatican has announced that transgender people can be baptised in the Catholic Church as long as doing so does not cause scandal or "confusion" The Church's doctrinal office also said trans people could be godparents at baptism and witnesses at a wedding. The move follows attempts by Pope Francis to make the Church more welcoming to LGBT people. The Pope told one trans person in July that "even if we are sinners, he (God) draws near to help us". ....