Pope tells nun helping transgender women, ‘God will repay you’

[billsherman]

It’s nice to see Pope Francis reminding us that people, no matter how different from you, are all children of God and deserving of equal care and love.

“In the latest sign of papal outreach to the transgender community, Pope Francis has written to an old friend in Argentina to say that he is praying for her and the women who will move into a new condo complex she built to help transgender women living in poverty.”

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“In the brief response, Francis told her that he is praying for her and the transgender women she is assisting, adding, ‘Don’t forget to pray for me. May Jesus bless you and the Holy Virgin guide you.’”

Pope tells nun helping transgender women, ‘God will repay you’

In the latest sign of papal outreach to the transgender community, Pope Francis has written to an old friend in Argentina to say that he is praying for her and the individuals who will move into a new condo complex she built to help transgender women living in poverty.

cruxnow.com

 

[rhalie]

I have no issue with nuns helping poor people to have homes, but they shouldn’t allow people to live together who aren’t and in this case can’t be married.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

It says four of the tenants “have moved in with their partners”, however if the transgender person passes away, the partner will be asked to leave.

Nevertheless, we do not know the marital status of all these situations, nor whether the people involved are having sexual relations, or even how old they are.
There are a lot of people in their 60s who live as brother and sister.
There are a lot of transgender people who are married to or in a relationship with someone who was the opposite gender from their own original gender, in other words a man married a woman and then later the man became a transwoman. Often these people stay married. Often when trans people transition, their sexual attraction stays the same as it was; a transwoman who dated women before transitioning doesn’t suddenly want to date men if she was dating women before.

So it’s best for us not to judge and just focus on the fact that this sister is helping house people who are poor and rejected by society, and who are probably in danger living on the streets.

 

[billsherman]

So it’s best for us not to judge and just focus on the fact that this sister is helping house people who are poor and rejected by society, and who are probably in danger living on the streets.

We can also defer to the judgement of the Church (via the Pope and the Carmelites in this case).

I don’t know what things are like for transgender people in Argentina, but it isn’t uncommon for them to face significant social and economic hardship around the world. It’s encouraging to see the Church not shy away from what appears to be a critical need.