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New Ways Ministry: Vatican Document on Human Dignity Fails LGBTQ+ People

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The new Vatican document, Dignitas Infinita, fails terribly by offering transgender and nonbinary people not infinite, but limited human dignity. While it lays out a wonderful rationale for why each human being, regardless of condition in life, must be respected, honored, and loved, it does not apply this principle to gender-diverse people. Read More

Judith Butler’s “Who’s Afraid of Gender?” An Insightful Read for LGBTQ+ Catholics

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In "Who’s Afraid of Gender?," Butler offers their response to such critics in one of their most public and widely readable works, providing an insightful conversation partner for queer-affirming Catholics today. Read More

Three Years Later, Theologians Reflect on Vatican’s Trans-Negative Schools Document

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America recently published a conversation between two theologians who were looking back, three years later, at the Vatican's then-Congregation for Catholic Education’s (CCE) 2019 instruction ​​“‘Male and Female He Created Them’: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education.” Read More

Two Months Later, Conversation Still Continues Over Vatican’s Latest Document on Gender

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It has been two months since the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education published the transgender- and intersex-negative document, Male and Female He Created Them. LGBTQ advocates and many theologians were quick to denounce the text, and a number of responses have been subsequently published. Today's post excerpts several commentaries with links provided for further reading. Read More

Anti-Transgender Leaflets Accidentally Given to Catholic Students; Other Education Updates

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Two English dioceses are apologizing after an anti-LGBTQ leaflet was distributed to students in Catholic schools. Today's post features this story and two other news items from the realm of Catholic education. Read More

Catholic Bishops and LGBTQI Advocates At Odds Over Vatican’s View of Gender Identity

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The U.S. bishops' top official on education has welcomed a new Vatican document on gender, "Male and Female He Created Them," which has prompted condemnation from LGBTQ advocates. Read More

Vatican’s Gender Document Harms ALL, Not Just LGBTQI Folks

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"The guidelines will do real harm not just to trans and intersex students and families, or even LGBQ students and families, but all students and families.  The document gets so much wrong about sex and gender—including how straight and cisgender people live in the world. " Read More

Excerpts from “Male and Female He Created Them,” the Vatican’s Latest Document on Gender

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The Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education released a document on gender yesterday titled "Male and Female He Created Them." Today's post features excerpts from the document highlighting key LGBTQ-related themes. Read More

In the Catholic Church, What’s Next When it Comes to “Gender Theory”?

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When Pope Francis criticizes "gender theory" or "gender ideology," what does he mean? Where are such issues going in the Catholic Church? What will be needed to find a reconciling way forward? Read More

Dutch Cardinal’s Gender Request May Be Impossible to Fulfill

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A Dutch cardinal has asked the Vatican for what is seemingly impossible to do.  He... Read More