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

April 8, 2024/12 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

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

Finding God and Self by Bicycle During the Pandemic

June 24, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Personal Stories /by Guest Contributor

I remember thinking about how strange it was to be transforming in real time—day by day, chin hair by chin hair; my voice dropping, decibel by decibel—in private. Read More

For Trans Day of Visibility, A Telling of “The Parable of the White Sneakers”

March 31, 2023/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Personal Stories /by Guest Contributor

Jesus would not be on the side of those who belittle and demean transgender people and their experiences. Read More

Catholic School in Australia Models How to Support Transgender Students

April 7, 2022/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Andru Zodrow

An Australian Catholic secondary school has committed itself to providing a safe space for LGBTQ students, exemplified in its support for a transgender student in their community. Read More

Fear and Grief: The Emotional Impact of Transition on Close Family Members

June 28, 2021/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

In this post, I would like to enrich Amoris Laetitia’s chapter six ‘Some pastoral perspectives’ by considering transgender binary transitions (male to female and female to male) and intimate family responses to these situations. Read More

Student Praises Catholic School’s “Brilliant” Support During His Gender Transition

March 21, 2020/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Melissa Feito

Ben Hodge, a 20-year-old university student in the United Kingdom, always knew he was different. “I wasn't comfortable being a girl, so I would spend a lot of time in front of the mirror just wondering what was wrong with me? Why am I not happy,” he said. Read More

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

Finding God and Self by Bicycle During the Pandemic

For Trans Day of Visibility, A Telling of “The Parable of the White Sneakers”

Catholic School in Australia Models How to Support Transgender Students

Fear and Grief: The Emotional Impact of Transition on Close Family Members

Student Praises Catholic School’s “Brilliant” Support During His Gender Transition

South Dakota Bishops “Praised” New Bill Banning Some Healthcare for Transgender Youth

Scottish Bishops Signal Opposition to New Bill Aimed at Easing Gender Transitions

Lawsuits Against Catholic Hospitals Which Denied Care to Transgender Patients Set to Proceed

Vatican Advisor Offers Limited Support for Puberty Blockers Aiding Transgender Youth

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