Gender Policies Archives - Page 9 of 15

Member of Boston Archdiocese’s Gender Commission Resigns Over Transparency Concerns

May 17, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

A member of the Archdiocese of Boston's gender identity committee has resigned, citing transparency concerns and the absence of transgender people in the process as her reasons. Read More

“Repeating a Silly Idea Doesn’t Make It True”: Where Some Bishops Err on Trans Identities

May 11, 2023/7 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Lisa Fullam

Repeating a silly idea doesn’t make it true. Church leaders' accusation of trans people holding a body/soul dualism is exactly backwards; any dualism here is in the magisterial minds, not those of the people they attack. Read More

Archbishop Compares Transgender Identities with Substance Abuse, Encourages Compassionate Ministry

May 5, 2023/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A U.S. archbishop has published a letter of "pastoral guidance" on transgender issues, in which he claims gender diverse identities are the result of Original Sin and comparable to substance abuse. Read More

French Catholic Education Association Seeks Balance in Gender Identity Guidance

April 27, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Bobby Nichols

In a new set of guidelines, the French Association for Catholic Education recommends acknowledging students and staff who express “alternative gender feelings,” while at the same time suggesting educators keep their distance from what they refer to as “gender ideology.” Read More

Germany’s Synodal Way Is a “Source of Hope” for Transgender Catholics, Writes Delegate

April 18, 2023/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

"The final Assembly of the Synodal Way in Germany was an emotional rollercoaster for queer people in attendance, like me, and others watching from home. In the end, it became a source of hope." Read More

Transgender Healthcare and the Catholic Moral Vision

April 10, 2023/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

Even as the USCCB has chosen to follow a narrow tradition that inconsistently places the good of persons behind the functionality of their body parts, the moral tradition itself continues to offer many more expansive interpretive possibilities. Read More

Member of Boston Archdiocese’s Gender Commission Resigns Over Transparency Concerns

“Repeating a Silly Idea Doesn’t Make It True”: Where Some Bishops Err on Trans Identities

Archbishop Compares Transgender Identities with Substance Abuse, Encourages Compassionate Ministry

French Catholic Education Association Seeks Balance in Gender Identity Guidance

Germany’s Synodal Way Is a “Source of Hope” for Transgender Catholics, Writes Delegate

Transgender Healthcare and the Catholic Moral Vision

Someday Never Comes

6,000+ Catholic Sisters Issue Statement of Solidarity with Transgender Community

Catholic LGBTQ+ Advocates Strongly Condemn Latest USCCB Transgender Statement

Fr. Dan Horan: U.S. Bishops’ New Transgender Document Is “Nothing Short of a Disaster”