Vatican on sex changes. (News in Brief: Vatican).Vatican City--The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF (1) (Central Distribution Frame) A connecting unit (typically a hub) that acts as a central distribution point to all the nodes in a zone or domain. See MDF. ) has concluded that "sex-changes" do not change a person's sex in the eyes of the Church. The document was sent out sub secreto, first to Papal Nuncios Noun 1. papal nuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status nuncio Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and , and, when that seemed to have no results, to presidents of episcopal conferences, instructing bishops never to alter the sex listed in parish baptismal records. Moreover, Catholics who have undergone such a treatment are not eligible to marry, be ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. to the priesthood, or enter religious life. The key point is that sex-change operations are so superficial and external that they do not change the original personality: a male remains a male; a female remains female (B.C. Catholic, & CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). , Rome, Jan 20/03). |
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