In the ongoing cultural debate surrounding gender, discussions often reference the existence of intersex individuals as a response to claims rooted in religion or science asserting that humans are inherently male or female. While it is undeniably true that intersex people exist,
Learning theology of the body, Jen Ricard says, saved her Catholic faith. “I really, truly did used to see the Church as kind of this rule-maker,” Ricard, the executive director of Theology of the Body Cleveland, recalled. “Now it completely changed my
A Massachusetts couple alleged the commonwealth denied them the opportunity to foster or adopt children into their family due to their religious beliefs.
Becket, a Washington-based religious liberty law firm, said Aug. 8 it is representing Mike and Kitty Burke, prospective foster and
In a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the wellbeing of American teens, results showed some alarming data about sexual assault. In answer to the question, “Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when
A Maryland university has sparked controversy with its redefinition of the word "lesbian" using the term "non-man" instead of "woman" -- but the backlash points to a cultural "confusion and fluidity" where categories "just melt," said Joseph Meaney, president of the National
A growing majority of Americans say athletes should compete on men's or women's sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their gender identity, according to a June 12 Gallup poll.
The new poll found that 69% of U.S. adults said
After criticism from Catholic groups and local fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers removed a self-described "leading-edge order of queer and trans nuns" from its list of honorees at its annual Pride Night celebration in June.
The California-based Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, founded in
As our culture wrestles with sexual confusion, it’s easy to forget the chaos within — the myriad ways we have been pierced by sexual disintegration in our own lives. Each of us bears the wound. For people like Andrew Comiskey — who
The Scandinavian Bishops' Conference issued a pastoral letter on human sexuality on March 26 to Catholic members of the faithful of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, in which they reaffirmed church teaching while condemning "unjust discrimination of any kind."
God made humans
A reader writes: “I am reading a book on Catholic moral theology. In the book it quotes a well known theologian of the 20th century wherein he teaches, ‘Seeking pleasure and enjoyment in (sexual) intercourse is wrong … it is an intrinsically