Before meeting Pope John Paul II 24 years ago, Mark Mogilka panicked.
As he walked up the steps to greet the pope, he thought about the secret he had never shared with anyone but his wife — that he was a transgender/dual gender person.
"I remember being in just total panic, because I have a perception of the Holy Father as a person filled with the Holy Spirit who can see people's hearts," he said, recalling that day. "I had this nightmare that when I reached out to shake his hand, he was going to pull it back, because he saw what was in my heart, that I was a transgender person, and not really living a true, full Catholic life."
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