Transgenderism

Latest news about transgenders, transgenderism and the Catholic Church.

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Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Dec. 16, 2015.

For US bishops, Pope Francis brings clarity to transgender issues

May 16, 2016

As an alternative to the “deeply disturbing” new federal guidance on transgender regulations for schools, the U.S. bishops pointed to... Read more

NC governor: Separate men and women's restrooms is a matter of privacy

May 5, 2016

North Carolina’s governor is standing firm against the U.S. Justice Department’s claim that it is unlawful and discriminatory to require... Read more

Men, women bathroom.

Trans rights over women's rights? What's at stake in the bathroom bills

Apr 17, 2016

Few can forget the media furor over Caitlyn Jenner's cover story in Vanity Fair last year.  Read more

School sports transgender policy bad for students, say Nebraska's bishops

Apr 13, 2016

Nebraska’s body governing school athletics has failed to overturn a policy that will recognize gender identity rather than biological sex... Read more

Carolina controversy: bathroom bills raise questions of safety, privacy

Apr 1, 2016

The overturn of a Charlotte, North Carolina ordinance allowing biological males to enter women’s restrooms helps offer important protections against... Read more

Could it soon be illegal for doctors to believe in male and female?

Feb 3, 2016

A current proposal by a federal agency has raised concerns that doctors may be punished for believing that there are... Read more

Nebraska's bishops call for reversal of transgender policy for schools sports

Jan 16, 2016

Nebraska’s Catholic bishops have called for the reversal of a new school athletics participation policy that would recognize gender identity,... Read more

Should biological males play girls' sports? Nebraska bishops weigh in

Jan 6, 2016

As the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) weighs new protocol for transgender students’ participation in school activities, the Catholic bishops... Read more

A view of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Feb. 14, 2015.

Vatican says 'no' to transsexual godparents amid Spain controversy

Sep 2, 2015

A media firestorm arose in Spain after a transsexual woman, who considers herself a man, asked to be the godfather... Read more

Pope Francis at the Wednesday General Audience in St Peter's Square on May 20, 2015.

The Pope's take on transgender issues? Accept the body God gave you

Jun 18, 2015

Pope Francis' new encyclical on the environment calls for men and women to acknowledge their bodies as a “gift” from... Read more

Italian bishops' television pulls invite to trans-sexual activist

Nov 11, 2014

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Following protests from viewers, the Italian bishops' conference-run TV station has withdrawn an invitation to a popular Italian trans-sexual and... Read more