From UnHerd:
It cannot be that surprising to most observers that the Vatican has strongly criticised so-called gender reassignment surgeries in a new teaching document. “Catholic Church opposes gender ideology” should be the ultimately “dog bites man” story.
And yet there will be people to whom the document is a disappointment. In the public mind Pope Francis tends to be regarded as a reformer, an opponent of overly-formal liturgy, and a harsh critic of modern capitalism. He has changed the wording of the Catechism to totally condemn the death penalty, has tried to soften the Church’s rhetoric on sexuality, and is attempting to make the government of the Church more democratic through “synodality”.