U.S. bishops pass directive forbidding transgender surgeries at Catholic hospitals

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Catholic hospitals in the United States are explicitly forbidden from carrying out transgender-related surgeries on individuals who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, the U.S. bishops said this week.The prelates, gathered at the plenary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Baltimore, voted on Nov. 12 to direct hospitals to “preserve the integrity of the human body”…