Human Person & Dignity
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Gender Theory & Transgender ProceduresGod created us male or female. Our biological sex is not an accident. It is a gift from God and shapes how we participate in His self-giving love.
Gender theory, or transgender ideology, ignores the gifted reality of male and female and neglects the dignity of the human person. It continues to spread in our society: in our media and our schools, our laws, and our healthcare standards. The results are disturbing and include psychological distress and self-harm for those indoctrinated into believing that their body and self are at odds with each other.
The Catholic Church opposes the advancement of gender theory, especially in places where our youth is affected. Instead of harmful, unscientific approaches to gender and sexuality, we advocate for practices that help people struggling with gender identity disorders find healing and integration. We are also focused on protecting the conscience rights and religious liberties of those persons and organizations who refuse to embrace harmful gender ideologies.
"God created them in His own image; male and female He created them."
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Pornography
With the dawn of the internet, smartphones and portable devices, pornography is easier to access than ever before.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties … it does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, venders, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others” (2354).
Pornography has disastrous consequences on the mind, body and soul. It is a leading factor in divorces, destroying relationships and marriages, becoming an addiction and extinguishing motivation and self-esteem. Furthermore, it constitutes people using each other as objects, contributes to sex trafficking, child exploitation, violence and other human abuses.
When children are exposed, the consequences are even more acute. These images affect them mentally by altering the structure and development. Devastatingly, the average age that a child is exposed to pornographic material is eleven years old. It is essential that the state protect society from this sort of material at all costs. The Catechism clarifies that the state has a duty to protect its citizens from this sort of material."It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials" (2354).