Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to ...

AERIAL VIEW of St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City — ALAN LIU-UNSPLASH VATICAN CITY — Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive ...

Transgender people can also be godparents at a baptism, although a local priest should exercise “pastoral prudence” and ensure that there is no risk of scandal or “educational disorientation ...

There were 79,600 baptisms in the UK in 2022, down from 140,000 in 2011. There’s a similar decline in the Catholic Church. I had one godparent I never met, and then she was on TV one day and my ...