College of the Holy Cross Archives

LGBTQ+ Advocates Gather at Worcester Diocese’s Chancery to Protest Gender Policy

September 12, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

More than 100 people in Massachusetts gathered to oppose one diocese's new LGBTQ-negative schools policy, adding to sustained criticism of the policy, including from some church officials. Read More

Worcester Bishop Will Not Attend Holy Cross Graduation After Pro-LGBTQ Protests

April 23, 2022/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A controversy in the Diocese of Worcester over one Catholic school's decision to fly Pride and Black Lives Matter flags continues to intensify. Now, protests may have led the bishop to withdraw from graduation at one local college. Read More

Holy Cross Officials Rebuke Bishop’s Anti-Transgender Comments as “Offensive”

May 22, 2019/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Top officials at the College of the Holy Cross have rebuked a local bishop's comments disparaging transgender people, saying the bishop was "deeply hurtful and offensive." Read More

Bishop Says Gender Transitions Are Equivalent to Having Hand Amputated for a Pirate Hook

May 20, 2019/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A bishop in Massachusetts has compared gender transitions to someone having their hand amputated to install a pirate hook, suggesting that transgender identities are "rooted in unsupportable science" and are more akin to the heresy of Gnosticism. Read More