Pope Leo’s Cardinal in Naples Writes Foreword to Book About Transgender Catholics

Another step toward LGBT inclusion: the last cardinal Pope Francis ever made put his name on an Italian book, translated by Outreach this week. A year of Leo XIV’s choices says this was no accident.

Cardinal Domenico Battaglia of Naples, photographed at the Vatican on Dec. 7, 2024, the day Pope Francis made him a cardinal, beside the cover of Persone transgender: Scienze, teologie, pastorali, the Queriniana volume that carries his foreword. (Pablo Esparza / CNS; Queriniana)

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