LGBTQ Catholics React to the Vatican's New Statement on Gender Theory
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
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🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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The Vatican released a new document that detailed what it called 'grave violations' of human dignity, including the struggles of migrants, poverty and war but also gender theory, sex change and surrogacy. Francis DeBernardo, executive director, New Ways Ministry, reacts on behalf of LGBTQ Catholics, and discusses his critique of the church's teachings on issues like this.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYP. |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome back, everybody. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian today. |
| 0:16.8 | Now we'll look at a new doctrine released by the Vatican |
| 0:19.7 | that explores the concept of human dignity. Earlier this week, the Vatican published a 25-page document called |
| 0:27.0 | Infinite Dignity, asserting the principle that every human person possesses an infinite dignity, in alienably grounded in his or her very being, |
| 0:38.0 | which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter. |
| 0:43.7 | That of course a quote from the document. |
| 0:45.9 | However, progressives within the Catholic Church |
| 0:48.6 | argue that the document contradicts this principle |
| 0:51.6 | when it concerns the transgender community. Among the. This war and the struggles of migrants. |
| 1:03.0 | Now, one of these things doesn't seem quite like the others. |
| 1:06.6 | We'll look at the Church's infinite dignity document, |
| 1:09.4 | as well as its positions on gender theory, |
| 1:11.8 | surrogacy, and other issues it deems great threats to humanity. |
| 1:16.3 | Joining us now is Francis De Bernardo, |
| 1:19.2 | executive director of New Ways Ministry. |
| 1:22.2 | Welcome to WNYC. |
| 1:24.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:27.0 | And France, I hope you can help guide us through this document a little bit, |
| 1:32.0 | both your views on it and hopefully to some extent what you |
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