“I send a big kiss to the pope!”

Pope Francis joined a group of transgender women he hosted at a Vatican lunch last week in celebration of the church’s World Day of the Poor.

(Video credit: Associated Press)

Approximately 1,200 of those living in poverty or homelessness attended the meal held inside the papal audience hall according to the Associated Press. Many of the transgender women at the luncheon were sex workers and migrants from Latin America.

“Thanks to the local rector [in the Italian town of Torvaianica], these women now make monthly visits to general audiences on Francis Wednesdays, where they are given VIP seats. On any given day, they receive deliveries of medicine, cash and shampoo. When COVID-19 hit, the Vatican bused them to its health facilities so they could be vaccinated before most Italians…” the AP reported.

“‘Before, the church was closed to us. They didn’t see us as normal people, they saw us as the devil,’ said Andrea Paola Torres López, a Colombian transgender woman known as Consuelo, whose kitchen is decorated with images of Jesus. “Then Pope Francis arrived and the doors of the church were opened for us,” added the medium.

The Pope has obviously embraced the transgender movement. He issued a guide from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith which stated that transgender people could be accepted for baptism and serve as godparents. LGBTQ+ advocates have lavished praise on the movement.

Is the Pope even Catholic?

— Overton (@OvertonLive) November 22, 2023

“Carla Segovia, a 46-year-old Argentine sex worker, said that for transgender women like herself, being a godmother is the closest thing she’ll ever get to having a child. She said the new rules made her feel more comfortable about one day fully returning to the faith she was baptized with, but drifted away after coming out as trans,” the Associated Press wrote.

“‘This norm of Pope Francis brings me closer to finding that absolute serenity,’ he said, which he considers necessary to fully reconcile with the faith,” the news continued.

Claudia Vittoria Salas, a 55-year-old transgender tailor and housekeeper from Argentina, was sitting across from Francis.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for transgender people,” Salas said, according to the Daily Mail. “I send a big kiss to the Pope!”

Pope Francis has had a connection with transgender women since 2020. The group asked Fr Andrea Conocchia for help during the pandemic because they couldn’t find work.

Modern Babylon…

— Phil (@TradingwithPhil) November 22, 2023

“‘The pages of the letters of the first four were bathed in tears,’ he recalled. ‘Because? Because they said to me, ‘Dad, I’m ashamed, I can’t tell papa what I’ve done, how I’ve lived,’” AP said.

“But they did, and the first assistance of the Pope’s head of almshouse came, who a year later accompanied the women for their vaccines against COVID-19. At the time of the pandemic, many of the women they were not legally authorized to live in Italy and did not have access to the vaccine,” the medium explained.

The pope addressed LGBTQ+ issues that came up at the Synod assembly in October. An Italian broadcaster asked him if he was happy with the way gay individuals were being talked about.

“When I say ‘everyone, everyone, everyone,’ it’s the people. The church welcomes people, everyone, and doesn’t ask you what you are. Then, inside the church, everyone grows and matures in their Christian membership. It’s true that today it is a bit fashionable to talk about it. The church welcomes everyone”, answered the pope.

BREAKING NEWS: Pope Francis invited 120 transgender people to lunch at the Vatican for the first time along with more than 900 other guests to “symbolize a friendship within the church.” pic.twitter.com/23x1azz5Cb

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) November 22, 2023

So much for biblical doctrine.

— D. Mclaughlin – bread and circuses (@DonMcLaughlin9) November 22, 2023

One of the transgender women, Andrea Paola Torres López, commented: “At least they remind us, that we are on Earth and they have not abandoned us and left us at the mercy of the wind.”

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a constitutional conservative who researches and writes extensively on politics and current affairs.

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