Posted on 01/16/2016 10:53:14 AM PST by marshmallow
The following is a public statement from Dr. Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, Germany.
On October 22nd, 2015, the German Bishops' Conference in a press release called attention to a gender flyer entitled "Geschlechtersensibel. Gender katholisch gelesen" [Gender Sensitive: A Catholic Reading of Gender]. Gender, as you know, is the general concept used in the English language for sexual identity and, in the current debate, refers more narrowly to the social or cultural sexual identity in contrast to biological sexuality. This publication was released in the name of the Conference of Bishops, of which I am a member, without my having previously seen its content, much less having approved it. That is why it was appropriate for me to express my criticism publicly. You can find the details on the bishopric's web site.
The flyer was written to declare these theories as being basically compatible with Catholic belief and it claims to be formulating the Catholic position on this issue. In my opinion, the former appears impossible - finally, there is no such thing as "gender light". The concept lowers the drawbridge and opens the gate to positions irreconcilable with the Christian faith. And the flyer not only fails to present the Catholic position, it leaves it out completely.
Gender theories do not contribute to equal rights for all men
Anyone who commits himself to justice between the sexes or to the protection of man's dignity has me at his side. The concern of the Church and its care and attention are directed towards all men, independent of their age, sex, background and sexual orientation. The concern even applies to man prior to birth and in every situation and phase of life.
But the gender debate is not about all of that. Gender theoreticians deny the nature of man and......
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Gender reality or gender fantasy disfunction.
Priest really need to get married. Keeps them out of trouble.
Francis has brought the Magisterium to a new low and everybody knows it. There is Holy Mother Church standing in Grace, and then there is the presently the fallen and unrepentant Vatican.
So long as we understand which is which, we hear the voice of the Shepherd and avoid the “clanging symbols”.
Thanks for a good post.
Yeah, the UK Anglicans and Episcopalian clergy are pretty trouble free now that they are finally allowed to be married.
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The only gender equity and equality is God's love for ALL of us sinners.
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Words have a gender, people have a sex and it is biologically determined!
The improper application of gender to people is part of the attempt to deny the fundamental reality, at the genes and chromosomes level, that people are born male or female, regardless of how they "identify."
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