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Polish Priest Advocates Genital Mutilation, Electric Shocks as Cures for Homosexuality

June 1, 2021/4 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Beth Mueller Stewart

A priest in Poland taught school children that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be “cured” with electric shocks and genital mutilation, leading to support from a national politician and criticism from his diocese. Read More

Thousands of German Religious Educators Call for Rethinking of Church Teachings on Sexuality

July 3, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Ahead of the German church's upcoming synodal process, an organization representing thousands of religious educators in Germany has called for the Catholic Church to reconsider its teachings on sexual morality, more specifically on homosexuality. Read More

Education Official Defends Catholic Participation in Scotland’s New LGBT Curriculum

December 11, 2018/4 Comments/in Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A key church official in Scotland has affirmed Catholics' participation in developing the country's new LGBT curriculum, reportedly the first such standards to be implemented in the world and which set a model for Catholic education worldwide. Read More