Michigan Diocese Says LGBTQ People Must Repent to Receive Several Sacraments
Washington Post that they believe the Michigan diocese is the first to block transgender people from receiving baptism and confirmation.The guidance from the Diocese of Marquette also stipulates that transgender people may not receive Communion and that, in most circumstances, they cannot receive the anointing of the sick, which is meant to provide seriously ill people with physical or spiritual healing.The diocese issued the policy in July, but it only recently sparked a debate after a prominent priest and advocate for LGBTQ Catholics shared it on Twitter, the Washington Post reported.Patrick Hornbeck, a theology professor at Fordham University, said many Catholic leaders have recently taken to setting lines beyond which they believe it's.
