VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis met with four gender-confused men who present as “women,” in one of many such pre-approved meetings with so-called “transgender” individuals.

One of the men, who now goes by “Christine Zuba,” wrote about the encounter in a piece for the LGBT activist group Outreach, founded by the heterodox Jesuit Father James Martin. Along with Zuba, men who go by the names “Lynn Discenza,” “Martha Marvel,” and “Maureen Rasmussen,” were invited – all were Outreach 2024 conference attendees.

The meeting was orchestrated by Don Andrea Conocchia, who has been bringing groups of gender-confused men to meet with Francis since the onset of COVID restrictions. Zuba told how during the Outreach 2024 meeting, Conocchia invited him to meet with Francis.

Each of the four men “prepared short bios” to tell Francis about themselves, which they forwarded to Conocchia, and they met together in Torvaianica, a seaside town south-west of Rome infamous for its prostitution and drug trade, to discuss the logistics of their meeting.

“The next day Don Andrea confirmed that Pope Francis received the email with our bios. That meant Pope Francis was aware of whom he would be meeting: a group of four transgender women [sic] from the United States,” wrote Zuba. They also learned that they would be joined by the pro-LGBT Sister Geneviève Jeanningros.

As LifeSiteNews has reported, Pope Francis has frequently welcomed transgender groups to his weekly papal audience. But it appears that Francis is not encouraging the men, who are currently living as “women,” to repent of their transgender lifestyles, return to the practice of the Catholic faith, and accept biological reality.

Conocchia’s group of “transgender” individuals first formed during the COVID-19 restrictions. The group, heavily comprised of prostitutes, were without their regular form of income due to the restrictions, and thus gathered together in Torvaianica.

The group first came to Pope Francis’ attention when they wrote to him presenting their needs. In 2020, Francis instructed his almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to send money to the group after they contacted the Vatican for financial assistance.

Then, on Holy Saturday 2021, Holy See officials brought the “transgender” individuals to the Vatican to receive the abortion-tainted COVID-19 injections. 

According to Associated Press, members of the group now make a monthly trip to Pope Francis’ weekly general audience, at which they are given seats of honor. And they are not the only pro-transgender or LGBT groups welcomed by the Pope: numerous such groups document and praise their meetings with Francis at the audiences. 

In contrast to Francis’ implicit affirmation of gender-confused people’s lifestyle, Catholic teaching on sexual and gender issues remains unchangeable. The Catechism states: “Physical, moral, and spiritual difference and complementarity are oriented toward the goods of marriage and the flourishing of family life.” (CCC 2333)

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1975 document, Persona Humana, likewise states: “There can be no true promotion of man’s dignity unless the essential order of his nature is respected.”