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COMMENTARY: A small minority of the nation’s religious sisters have publicly contradicted the Church’s transgender doctrine.
Here we go again: Some women religious who claim to “represent thousands” of sisters have issued a declaration at odds with Catholic teaching, and the national media are depicting it as another situation of savvy nuns correcting the rigid Catholic bishops.
This time, the issue is a March 31 public letter titled “In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility” and signed by some women religious. The letter declared that March 31 was “a time to celebrate, acknowledge, and uplift folks who identify as transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender-expansive,” and “to wholeheartedly affirm” that these individuals are “beloved and cherished by God.”
The letter was composed by representatives of “several” women’s religious communities and is posted on the website of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. It claims that the 28 signers “represent over 6,000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in over 18 states.”
“May we act to transform our hearts, our church, our politics, and our country to ensure that the dignity of our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive siblings are acknowledged, boldly accepted, and celebrated,” the letter declares. And, it contends that vowed religious will “remain oppressors” until they “cultivate a faith community” where these individuals “experience a deep belonging.”
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Here we go again: Some women religious who claim to “represent thousands” of sisters have issued a declaration at odds with Catholic teaching, and the national media are depicting it as another situation of savvy nuns correcting the rigid Catholic bishops.
This time, the issue is a March 31 public letter titled “In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility” and signed by some women religious. The letter declared that March 31 was “a time to celebrate, acknowledge, and uplift folks who identify as transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender-expansive,” and “to wholeheartedly affirm” that these individuals are “beloved and cherished by God.”
The letter was composed by representatives of “several” women’s religious communities and is posted on the website of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. It claims that the 28 signers “represent over 6,000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in over 18 states.”
“May we act to transform our hearts, our church, our politics, and our country to ensure that the dignity of our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive siblings are acknowledged, boldly accepted, and celebrated,” the letter declares. And, it contends that vowed religious will “remain oppressors” until they “cultivate a faith community” where these individuals “experience a deep belonging.”
Continued below.
Dissenting Women Religious Launch Another Media Stunt
COMMENTARY: A small minority of the nation’s religious sisters have publicly contradicted the Church’s transgender doctrine.
