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Pope Francis: Teaching kids they can choose their gender is \u2018terrible\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n source: https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/pope-francis-denounces-idea-of-gender-choice<\/a><\/p>\n KRAKOW, Poland, August 3, 2016 (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2013 Pope Francis strongly criticized gender theory while in Poland for World Youth Day last week, saying it was \u201cterrible\u201d for children to be taught in school that gender is a choice and that such things amount to the destruction of the idea that man is made in God\u2019s image.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, in schools, they are teaching this to children \u2014 to children! \u2014 that everyone can choose their gender,\u201d the Holy Father said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd why teach this?\u201d he asked, going on to fault textbooks supplied by \u201cpersons and institutions who donate money,\u201d for \u201cideological colonization\u201d supported by \u201cvery influential countries.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd this is terrible,\u201d Pope Francis stated.<\/p>\n Referring to the \u201ccolonization\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019ll say it clearly with its first and last name \u2014 is gender.\u201d<\/p>\n Pope Francis made his remarks in a private meeting with the bishops of Poland during his visit there for World Youth Day. The Vatican released the transcript<\/a> of the meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n In addition to making perhaps his strongest statement against gender ideology yet, the pope also cited his predecessor on the subject, revealing that he has discussed gender with Pope Benedict XVI, and he agreed with the pope emeritus that going against God\u2019s plan for creation via gender theory exemplified an era today of sin against God.<\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking with Pope Benedict, who is well, and has a clear mind, he was telling me: \u2018Holiness, this is the epoch of sin against God the Creator,\u2019\u201d said Pope Francis, continuing on about his predecessor with, \u201cHe\u2019s intelligent!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGod created man and woman,\u201d the Holy Father went on to tell the Polish bishops. \u201cGod created the world this way, this way, this way, and we are doing the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n The pontiff concluded by re-emphasizing Pope Benedict\u2019s pronouncement of gender ideology as sin, telling the bishops he would like them to reflect on this: \u201cWe must think about what Pope Benedict said \u2014 \u2018It\u2019s the epoch of sin against God the Creator.’\u201d<\/p>\n Pope Francis has condemned gender theory<\/a> several times before, speaking previously of \u201cideological colonization\u201d in March 2015 in Italy.<\/p>\n \u201cGender theory is an error of the human mind that leads to so much confusion,” hesaid<\/a> at the time. \u201cSo the family is under attack.\u201d<\/p>\n Then in April of last year the pope said gender ideology was a backward step<\/a> for humanity, stating, \u201cIf so-called gender theory is not an expression of frustration and resignation, that aims to cancel out sexual difference as it is no longer able to face it. Yes, we run the risk of taking a step backwards. Indeed, the removal of difference is the problem, not the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n The Holy Father referenced \u201cideological colonization\u201d earlier last year<\/a> as well, and in 2014, Austrian Bishop Andreas Laun wrote in an essay that Pope Francis had told him, \u2018Gender ideology is demonic!<\/a>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pope Francis: Teaching kids they can choose their gender is \u2018terrible\u2019 source: https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/pope-francis-denounces-idea-of-gender-choice KRAKOW, Poland, August 3, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) \u2013 Pope Francis strongly criticized gender [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}