The Pope also reaffirmed the Church's existing teaching on gender in relation to transsexuals, as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which he supervised, made clear that transsexuals can not serve in church positions.
Paus juga menegaskan kembali ajaran Gereja mengenai hubungan gender terhadap transseksual, seperti pada Kongregasi bagi Doktrin Iman, yang mana ia awasi, sudah jelas bahwa transseksual tidak bisa melakukan pelayanan gereja.