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Catholic Bishops of England and Wales in ‘absolute harmony’ with Vatican against gender ideology

April 25, 2024

Gender ideology and its language should be resisted in all Catholic institutions, according to a new document by the bishops of England and Wales. The 11-page paper also stated that the Catholic Church was firmly opposed to medical intervention for children who want to change their sex. It also said that “social transition”, in which

British Catholic bishops highlight ‘grave violations’ of human dignity scarring modern world

April 10, 2024

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has welcomed the Vatican’s declaration on Human Dignity for highlighting an issue that lies at the heart of the mission of the Church and for highlighting the “grave violations” of human dignity that scar the modern world. The main novelty of the document – which is the fruit

Vatican’s new declaration praised for transcending liberal and conservative perspectives to tackle ‘modern misconceptions’ on human dignity

April 09, 2024

Many liberals and conservatives appear to be both applauding or denouncing the Vatican’s latest doctrinal document on human dignity for its stance on particular issues. But Catholic moral theologians instead highlight the consistency with which the issues are addressed, and the adherence to Church teaching exhibited. “The [list of issues] demolishes any kind of attempt

Pope continues to take a vocal stand against ‘gender theory’ that would ‘cancel humanity’

March 04, 2024

ROME – The Pope has again criticised so-called gender theory, highlighting how it cancels humanity. In an audience with participants in a March 1-2 conference titled “Man-Woman Image of God: For an Anthropology of Vocations”, the Pope says that the movement to deconstruct gender “cancels differences” and therefore “cancels humanity”. When he was elected Successor

A Revolutionary View of Gender

December 29, 2020

Both the myths and the Scriptures understand that sexual differentiation has its most profound meaning in the separation of man from God, but in the myths this separation represents a loss of divinity; it is only in the Scriptures that the male-female distinction is part of the glory of man.

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US faith leaders condemn ‘harmful’ gender ideology

December 18, 2017

Children in particular are 'harmed when they are told that they can change their sex'

Dutch cardinal says papal encyclical on gender theory might be needed

November 08, 2016

Cardinal Willem Eijk said an encyclical may be necessary to counter the idea that gender can be determined by personal choice