Vatican declares transgendered people are figments of their own imaginations?

The following news item was sent to me by a Catholic reader who also happens to be a transsexual mom (the same mom, as a matter of fact, who recently shared her volleyball coaching nightmare). From 365gay.com ("Vatican Declares Transgendered Do Not Exist"):

(Vatican City) The Vatican has ruled that sex-change procedures do not change a person's gender in the eyes of the church. The decision, made by the department in charge of doctrine, is contained in a confidential document obtained by the Catholic News Service.

CNS, quoting a source familiar with the text, says the document instructs bishops never to alter the sex listed in parish baptismal records and says Catholics who have undergone "sex-change" procedures are not eligible to marry, be ordained to the priesthood or enter religious life.

In essence it says the transgendered do not exist in the Catholic faith.

Lovely. My reader notes that: "I get the feeling this may be a big speed bump on the road to my canonization...", and I would hazard the guess that she is probably right.