Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

And today, I'll be breaking down the awful transgender proposal that was recently passed

by the German Synod.

All right, so here's what the Catholic News Agency says about it.

Here's what they say.

The implementation text dealing with gender diversity, that's the title,

passed with support from 96% of the 197 voting delegates,

38 bishops voted for it, while only seven voted against it,

13 abstained from voting, consistent with a pattern running throughout the assembly,

there would have been enough votes to block the measure if those abstaining had voted against it.

Critics of the Synod away say that organizers removal of the secret ballot has created a fear-driven atmosphere

that has prohibited many bishops from voting freely.

The resolution calls for, quote, concrete improvements for intersex and transgender faithful,

including changing baptism records to match someone's self-identified gender,

banning one's gender identity from consideration for pastoral ministerial roles,

and mandatory education for priests and church employees to, quote,

deal with the topic of gender diversity.

And, quote, before I break down what's wrong with the German Synod's document on gender,

I want to point out that Christ's promise that the gates of hell would not prevail against the church,

that doesn't mean the church will always exist in every part of the world.

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