Gender Identity Should Be on Synod Agenda—And It Is Now

(Paul Elie.New Ways Ministry).

Criticism and commentary about Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican’s transgender-negative declaration on human dignity, has continued steadily in the week since the document’s release. Today’s post features insights from Paul Elie, an award-winning author and a senior fellow at Georgetown University, who published his criticisms in The New Yorker.

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“I Wish the Vatican Would See My Inalienable Dignity,” Says Trans Catholic; More Reactions

(Robert Shine. New Ways Ministry).

Today’s post features more reactions to Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican declaration on human dignity released last Monday that sharply condemned “Gender Theory” and “Sex Change,” though reaffirmed church teaching against anti-gay criminalization and discrimination. For all of Bondings 2.0’s coverage of the declaration, including previous responses from trans and nonbinary Catholics, as well as theologians and pastoral ministers, see the posts listed below.

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