Change sex and become a nun. Now vigil for gays

Article by Vera Schiavazzi taken from Corriere della Sera of April 5, 2008

He is Franciscan nun, chastity, but he had to look for a church that would welcome her because her, the Roman Catholic one, "closed her doors": when she was born, Cristina was male, Marco, but at 20 she changed sex, for Then find his vocation. A unique case, difficult to accept for the bishops.
At 13 I spoke to my mother, accepted me. Just adult I operated on. Today I am Franciscan and Vetero-Catholic nun. I speak with God, assist, in my heart remains the dream of contemplating the Lord in the monastery ». In these days Sister Cristina has watched together you have homosexual believers in Milan and also in Turin.

 
Cristina is 40 years old, the long and black dress, the veil that frames her face. He wakes up at dawn for the praise and prays a lot, until evening, alternating the recollection with assistance and work.
He is Franciscan nun, chastity, obedience and poverty, but he had to look for a church that would welcome her because her, the Roman Catholic one, "closed her doors": when she was born, Cristina was male, Marco, but at 20 she has Changed sex, and then find its vocation. A unique case, difficult to accept for the bishops faithful to the Pope.

Now it is a religious of reconciliation, the small monastic community born in Italy from the vetero-Catholic Church, close to the Anglican one. It was his, last night (editor's note of April 4, 2008), the most touching testimony to the Turin prayer vigil for the victims of homophobia and transfobia.
The evening was supposed to take place in the Catholic Church of San Pietro a Cavoretto, but yesterday at 6 pm the counter -order arrived: "They told me that the appointment was canceled - says Don Paolo Fini -. I had gladly given the Church, then the same people preferred to postpone, it was no longer appropriate. They wanted everything to happen in the discretion but this condition was missing ». The vigil took place in the Vetero-Catholic church.

"I was born in Sezze and raised by the nuns - says Cristina - because mom and dad worked. Since I was a child I felt female. The ugliest memory? When the Barbie seized me. At 13 I spoke to my mother, accepted me. As soon as I was of age I operated on. "

Cristina is moved by the images of St. Francis: «The Canticle of Creatures is the first text I learned, and I don't forget it. But my life from Cattolica has become hell. I followed a course in Assisi for vocations, I attended the Poor Clares, then they addressed me to my bishop, in Latina.
Know the truth said terrible words: "You were born a man, you will neither marry or take the votes". I ran away to England, in an Anglican monastery. Today I am Franciscan and Vetero-Catholic nun. I speak with God, assist, in my heart remains the dream of contemplating the Lord in the monastery. Castity does not weigh me, loneliness yes ».