If the Church really believes in the indelible dignity of LGBTQ+ persons, it can’t just express sorrow for past abuses or offer words of welcome. It has to actually do something.
'Dignitas Infinita' does have good suggestions for addressing questions about sex, gender, and rights. They just don’t appear in the “Gender Theory” section.
Theologian Brian D. Robinette has gifted us with a thoughtful work about God’s utterly gratuitous gift of creation, redemption, and fulfillment in Christ.
'Dignitas Infinita' fails to apprehend even the basic situation of transgender people and therefore provides no useful intellectual or moral guidance for transgender Catholics.
Public figures should expect journalistic scrutiny, precisely because they are public figures. This includes those who bring their faith into the public square.
The Vatican’s failure to carefully distinguish between “gender theory” and the varied experiences of actual transgender people risks further alienating those that already feel rejected by the Church.
We don’t know for certain what kind of branches were used to welcome Jesus in Jerusalem. What matters most is that Jesus came home, and his return was a victory.
There are two difficulties with writing about Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. One is saying anything fresh about them. The other is seeing them at all.
"This Laetare Sunday, then, I do want to focus on God’s love and my sins in light of God’s love, but not to the point of apathy, and instead to the point of further struggle."
