Pope Francis Has Lunch With Transgender Group

Pope Francis recently had lunch with a group of transgenders during a celebration last week.

The Pope hosted the luncheon in celebration of the church’s World Day of the Poor.

According to the Washington Examiner many f the ransgdners in attendance are sex workers.

The Washington Examiner stated “The transgender community developed a stronger relationship with the Catholic Church when the strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the Italian town of Torvaianica led starving transgender sex workers to show up at the Rev. Andrea Conocchia’s local parish.”

Here’s a video of the event:

Nothing to see here. Just Pope Francis having a huge Transgender dinner party. pic.twitter.com/9VjTSEIiDk

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The Washington Examiner had these details to add:

Pope Francis invited a group of transgender women to a Vatican luncheon late last week in celebration of the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor.

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The group was among the 1,200 poor or homeless in attendance at the luncheon.

The transgender community developed a stronger relationship with the Catholic Church when the strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the Italian town of Torvaianica led starving transgender sex workers to show up at the Rev. Andrea Conocchia’s local parish.

“Before, the church was closed to us. They didn’t see us as normal people, they saw us as the devil,” one member of the group, Andrea Paola Torres Lopez, reportedly said.

THE POPE AND TRANSGENDERS

Pope Francis hosts 'transgender' group for Vatican luncheon and gives a message of inclusivity.

This is insane. pic.twitter.com/EOdikejKaC

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Here’s what Bizpac Review shared:

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

Approximately 1,200 of those who live in poverty or are homeless attended the meal which was held inside the papal audience hall according to the Associated Press. Many of the transgender women at the luncheon were reportedly sex workers and migrants from Latin America.

“Thanks to the local parish priest [in the Italian town of Torvaianica], these women now make monthly visits to Francis’ Wednesday general audiences, where they are given VIP seats. On any given day, they receive handouts of medicine, cash, and shampoo. When COVID-19 struck, the Vatican bussed them into its health facility so they could be vaccinated ahead of 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 Lopez, a Colombian transgender woman known as Consuelo, whose kitchen is decorated with pictures of Jesus. ‘Then Pope Francis arrived and the doors of the church opened for us,’” the media outlet added.

🔥🚨BREAKING NEWS: Pope Francis invited 120 Transgenders to lunch at the Vatican for the first time along with over 900 other invited guests to reportedly ‘symbolize a friendship within the church’ pic.twitter.com/23x1azz5Cb

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