Gender identity Archives

U.S., English bishops welcome Vatican document on gender ideology

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 12, 2019

Catholic bishops in the U.S., England and Wales welcomed the Vatican’s statement that gender ideology is opposed to faith and reason, and that Catholic schools and parents must help teach children that gender is fixed from birth.

Ethicist says Church teaching on gender ‘not incompatible’ with accepting trans identity

Interviews
Jul 26, 2018

Crux’s conversation with Catholic bioethicist David Albert Jones about transgender issues.

English, Welsh bishops raise concerns over rise of gender ideology

Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland
Apr 23, 2018

The bishops of England and Wales have raised concerns over the rise of gender ideology, saying it is creating confusion among people about the truth of human nature.

U.K. cardinal to Catholic school teachers: Don’t embrace gender ideology

Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland
Mar 13, 2018

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has suggested that children would find their “greatest joy” by accepting their biological sex rather than selecting a gender of their choice.

Catholic institute: Kids could be harmed if Scotland changes gender law

Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland
Feb 12, 2018

A Catholic bioethics institute warned the Scottish government that children will be at increased risk of harm under proposed changes to the law on gender recognition.

Bishop says efforts to change God-given sexual identity are “deeply troubling”

Catholic News Service, Interviews
Feb 9, 2018

In December, Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage and three other Catholic bishops joined several other religious leaders in signing an open letter titled “Created Male and Female” about the inherent beauty and dignity of God-given sexual identity.