You may have wondered, “Should Catholics use pronouns?” It may be near impossible not to. In the English language, we use pronouns all the time to keep sentences from becoming repetitive and clunky. Without possessive pronouns like “their,” we’d have to say...
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Has The Heresy Of Gnosticism Led To Gender Dysphoria?
I am not a fan of scary movies. Watching people blow off zombie heads or hunt ghosts in abandoned mental hospitals gives some an adrenaline rush. I just get a sense of stress and anxiety. Please don’t play dramatic music leading up to a jump scare. No, thank...
A Conversation On Gender: Part 1 – Defining Our Terms
I think it is safe to say that we’ve all had conversations with people where both parties are clearly not on the same page. Sometimes, the differing stories involve differing definitions for terms. I had a philosophy professor who urged us to always define our terms...
5 Tips For Talking To Your Friends About Gender Identity
Have you ever had a conversation about gender identity with friends or family? The Vatican offers an educational guide, "Male and Female He Created Them" to address the current educational crisis around human sexuality. Here are 5 tips to keep in mind when talking...
What is Gender Ideology and how can Catholics Respond?
The issue of Gender Ideology is everywhere these days, so pervasive that we might forget there was a time – not so long ago, in fact – when “gender” was not on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Alas, those days are behind us, and now it seems everywhere we turn, someone...
Does Man Have the Right to Have Babies? Monty Python’s Lesson on Gender Ideology
his clip from the 1979 film Monty Python’s Life of Brian is perhaps not something you would expect to find on our website, being as it is, the satirical story of Brian, born in the stable next door on the first Christmas day, who spends his life...
What’s The Church’s True Position On Same Sex Attraction?
In light of pride month, we would like to share this video. Spirit Juice Studios and Fr. Claude Burns (aka Fr. Pontifex) offers us a compelling presentation of the Church's view and attitude towards people who experience same-sex attraction. "The topic of...