Pope's critique of 'gender theory' emboldens bishops to speak out

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ROME - Shortly after Pope Francis’ trip to Poland in late July, the Vatican released a transcript of the pontiff’s Q&A session with local bishops, which took place behind closed doors. His remarks caused a stir, not because he lambasted the Polish hierarchy, as many had expected, but because he once again denounced what he called “ideological colonization” and “gender theory.”
Both terms require some unpacking, but first, the pope’s words.
“In Europe, America, Latin America, Africa, and in some countries of Asia, there are genuine forms of ideological colonization taking place. And one of these - I will call it clearly by its name - is [the ideology of] ‘gender.’ Today children - children! - are taught in school that everyone can choose his or her sex.”

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“Why are they teaching this? Because the books are provided by the persons and institutions that give you money. These forms of ideological colonization are also supported by influential countries. And this [is] terrible!” Francis said.

The response!

*Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA, a leading organization of LGBT Catholics, recently said that the pope’s comments to the Polish bishops betrayed a “dangerous ignorance,” calling them “irresponsible.”

“What many, including Pope Francis, do not yet understand is that people do not ‘choose’ their genders. A gender is assigned at birth, and some people **discover *that they were incorrectly classified,” Duddy-Burke said in her statement.

 

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Yeah the dawning and confusion from the mainstream press is continuing. Pope Francis is even being labeled by some as “transphobic” now for his views on gender. A search on the Pope in the last month or two finds far fewer of those glowing “cool Pope” or “progressive Pope” articles that have been so prevailent since his election. It seems the Pope has finally said something even the mainstream press can’t spin to make it sound like Francis is more “progressive” than he really is as the Catholic pontiff.

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