Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labeled current times “the epoch of sin against God the Creator”.
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At World Youth Day last week, the Pope urged Poland “to welcome those fleeing from wars and hunger”, remarks seen as challenging a country where there is strong public opposition to mass migration.
Last week, Pope Francis continued his tradition of condemning the “ideological colonization” of the world by new leftist gender theories.
As spokeswoman for The Human Rights Campaign said, “It is deeply [disappointing] that so soon after his healing apology to LGBTQ Catholics regarding their treatment the church, Pope Francis would choose to deny the very humanity of transgender people, including children”.
Francis specifically blamed “very influential countries” and “persons and institutions who donate money” for schooling and textbooks. “And this is bad”.
Pope Francis has set up a special commission to study the role of women deacons in the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced on Tuesday in a move that could pave the way for female clergy.
Heading the commission is a top official, Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, a Jesuit who is the No. 2 official the Congregation of the Faith, the Vatican office entrusted with ensuring doctrinal orthodoxy.
Pope Francis created a commission to study the historical role of women Deacons in the Catholic Church and after a blessing from the pope, a group is looking at changing some of those rules.
It’s not the first time the Pope has used annihilation metaphors to talk about transgender people; past year, he compared trans identity to nuclear weapons because both can “destroy a high number of human beings”.
The commission was first promised by the Pope after he met with a group of nuns on May 12th.
“In that silence I listened: I felt the presence of all the souls who passed through that place; I felt the compassion, the mercy of God, which a few holy souls were been able to bring even into that abyss”, he said.
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Francis encouraged the Polish Bishops to reflect on Benedict’s words.
