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Vatican Deprives Transgender People Means of Survival, Writes Theologian; More News

April 23, 2024/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In the two weeks since Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican's declaration on human dignity that included negative sections on gender identity and transitions, was released, numerous commentaries about it have been published. Posts yesterday and today have featured some of these commentaries, more of which are included below. For all of Bondings 2.0’s coverage of the declaration and its reception, click here. Read More

Catholic Student Sues Public School District Over Transgender Protections

April 20, 2024/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Sarah Cassidy

A Catholic student in Virginia is suing her local school board, claiming that the district’s transgender protections are “fundamentally at odds with her religious beliefs.” Read More

Archbishop Negatively Compares Gender Transitions to Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

April 18, 2024/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Phoebe Carstens

The Archdiocese of Detroit has issued new policies concerning gender identity, joining dozens of other U.S. dioceses which have already implemented transgender-negative restrictive rules. Read More

Georgetown U. Students Overwhelmingly Vote for Gender-Neutral Housing

April 17, 2024/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Higher Education, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Liam Myers

Students at Georgetown University voted overwhelmingly in a referendum asking the school to establish gender-inclusive housing on campus, as well as a specific community for LGBTQ+ students. Read More

Vatican’s Doctrine Chief on Criminalization Laws: “When I Read Them I Wanted to Die”

April 12, 2024/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

At a press conference to release the Vatican's new declaration on human dignity, which made headlines for condemning gender theory, the top doctrinal official also made positive comments about homosexuality. Yet, he doubled down on the declaration's anti-transgender aspects, too. Read More

What Transgender Catholics and Their Allies Are Saying About “Dignitas Infinita”

April 10, 2024/6 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

How are transgender and nonbinary Catholics, their families, pastoral ministers, and allies responding to "Dignitas Infinita," the Vatican document on human dignity released Monday that condemns "gender theory" and "sex change"? Read More

Mother of Transgender Child Writes to Pope Francis: “Stop Putting Limits on God’s Love!”

April 4, 2024/16 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

I humbly ask you, Pope Francis, and all Church leaders to re-examine Catholic doctrine about the LGBTQ+ community. We must stop putting limits on God’s love and divinity. Read More