Pope Francis condemns transgender people

Vatican: During a discussion with Polish bishops on Tuesday during his recent trip to Poland, pope Francis condemned school policies around the world that allows children to ‘decide their own gender’ referring to trans people as an example of “annihilation of man as image of God.”

According to a transcript released by the Vatican, the pope said;

“Today, in schools they are teaching this to children — to children! — that everyone can choose their gender,” Francis said, .

“God created man and woman; God created the world like this and we are doing the exact opposite.”

The pontiff also blame “influential countries” for the “ideological colonizing” of children’s thoughts on the topic through textbooks.

Pope Francis has often spoken out against the idea that people might have a different gender identity from their assigned sex at birth.

One such “colonization” he said — “I’ll say it clearly with its first and last name — is gender.”
The pope also made reference to a comment on transgender children by the previous pope, Benedict, saying;

“Speaking with Pope Benedict, who is well, and has a clear mind, he was telling me: ‘Holiness, this is the epoch of sin against God the Creator.’ He’s intelligent! God created man and woman, God created the world this way, this way, this way, and we are doing the opposite. We must think about what Pope Benedict said — ‘It’s the epoch of sin against God the Creator.’”