"Argentine transgender couple Solange Ayala and her trans male fiancé Isaías were delighted when José Adolfo Larregain, a friar in the parish of Our Lady of Pompeii, located in the local Catholic diocese of Corrientes, gave them his holy blessing to get married. The friar said that he consulted with Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, who said that, since the couple consisted of two individuals who were assigned male and female at birth (and who identify as a man and a woman),"
""The Church, as mother and teacher ... reminds us that Christian marriage, as a sacrament, requires the fulfillment of certain essential conditions for its validity ... as established by Canon Law and the living tradition of the Church.... The omission of these conditions not only distorts the profound meaning of the sacrament but can also generate confusion within the community of the faithful," the Archdiocese's statement read."
An Argentine transgender couple, Solange Ayala and trans male fiancé Isaías, received a holy blessing from friar José Adolfo Larregain in the Corrientes diocesan parish. The friar said he consulted with Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, who indicated no objection because the couple were assigned male and female at birth and identify respectively as a man and a woman. On February 8 the archdiocese announced an investigation and threatened warnings and canonical disciplinary measures against involved officials, claiming the church had not received required ecclesiastical documentation. The archdiocese emphasized that Christian marriage requires conditions established by Canon Law and tradition and warned omissions can distort the sacrament and generate confusion. Routine Catholic wedding paperwork includes baptism and communion certificates, affidavits, and marriage-prep certifications, though specific additional documentation at issue was unclear.
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