German Bishops Face New Division over ‘Sex Identity’ Guidelines for Schools

3 German Bishops Oppose School Guide On ‘Diversity of Sexual Identities’

Based on the premise that “the diversity of sexual identities is a fact,” the text urges schools to foster an environment free of discrimination for students, staff, and parents who identify as queer. In his foreword, commission chair Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers of Dresden-Meissen stresses that the text does not claim to offer a full moral-theological evaluation.

German bishops face new division over ‘sex identity’ guidelines for schools

(OSV News) -- Authors of new German church guidelines for sexual identity classes at Catholic schools have declined to defend their text, after several bishops said it violated Catholic teaching and had been circulated without their consent. "Created, Redeemed and Loved," compiled by the German church's Education Commission conference to address controversial "issues of sexual orientation

GERMAN BISHOPS SAY SEX IS NOT BINARY - Catholic League

Bill Donohue The German Bishops’ conference has issued a document to be implemented in Catholic schools that rejects the Church’s teachings on sexuality. Gone is the teaching that there are but two sexes, male and female. The bishops, with three exceptions, teach that there is a “diversity of sexual identities.” Not only that, they falsely [...]

German bishops face new division over 'sex identity' guidelines for schools

Authors of new German church guidelines for sexual identity classes at Catholic schools have declined to defend their text, after several bishops said it violated Catholic teaching and had been circulated without their consent. “Created, Redeemed and Loved,” compiled by the German church’s Education Commission conference to address controversial “issues of sexual orientation and gender identity,” was published on Oct. 30 by the bishops’ conferen…