• Latest
  • All
DePaul University: an allegedly Catholic institution flagrantly flouting Church teaching

DePaul University: an allegedly Catholic institution flagrantly flouting Church teaching

January 19, 2022
Christopher Rufo: how to defeat woke school boards and woke corporations

Christopher Rufo: how to defeat woke school boards and woke corporations

May 17, 2022
Abortion

US may bring back laws that have been saving lives since the 1800s

May 17, 2022
Josh Hawley: a “muscular conservative” taking on woke Big Business

Josh Hawley: a “muscular conservative” taking on woke Big Business

May 16, 2022
Proclaiming the truth about the family

Proclaiming the truth about the family

May 16, 2022
Deborah Yakubu

Stoned and burned in Nigeria for being Christian

May 16, 2022
Gender

It’s official, Canadians have five genders (for now)

May 14, 2022
Why pro-abortion arguments never will be valid

Why pro-abortion arguments never will be valid

May 14, 2022
Pink quotas? No, it’s all about the rainbow

Pink quotas? No, it’s all about the rainbow

May 13, 2022
Deconstructing the arguments for abortion

Deconstructing the arguments for abortion

May 13, 2022
Tucker Carlson: “Undermining Christianity is the central project of the left”

Tucker Carlson: “Undermining Christianity is the central project of the left”

May 12, 2022
  • About iFamNews
  • Contact

Navigation Button Subscribe

  • Subscribe
May 18, 2022
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
  • English
    • Italiano
    • Español
    • Français
    • Deutsch
    • Polski
    • српски
    • Русский

Navigation Button Donate

  • Donate
International Family News Network (IFN)
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Family
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Petitions
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
International Family News Network (IFN)
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Family
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Petitions
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
No Result
View All Result
International Family News Network (IFN)
No Result
View All Result

DePaul University: an allegedly Catholic institution flagrantly flouting Church teaching

Good thing for DePaul, as it operates under the watchful eye of Cardinal Blaise Cupich. Bad thing for the Catholic Church, as the University's pushing of the LGBT agenda is just business-as-usual.

Robert Siedlecki by Robert Siedlecki
January 19, 2022
in Culture, Foreground
447
Reading Time: 4 mins read
0
DePaul University: an allegedly Catholic institution flagrantly flouting Church teaching
Share on FacebookShare on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on TwitterShare on WeChat

If there is anything of which the Catholic Church is certain, it is that there are just two sexes–male and female–and that sex and gender are strongly related. In regard to there being only two sexes, the Church has always abided by Genesis 1:27: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” The Catholic Catechism, which contains the teachings of the Church, states: “Man and women have been created, which is to say, willed by God…”Being man” or “being woman” is a reality which is good and willed by God….” (para. 369) Thus, there are just two sexes; there is no third (or fourth, fifth, etc.) option.

In regard to sex and gender being strongly related, the Catholic Catechism states: “The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the “form” of the body: i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter becomes a living, human body; spirit and matter, in man, are not two natures united, but rather their union forms a single nature.” (para. 365) In the 2019 Vatican document “Male and Female He Created Them”, the Church says that one of the main problems with postmodern gender theory is its separation of sex from gender:

“In this cultural context, it is clear that sex and gender are no longer synonyms or interchangeable concepts, since they are used to describe two different realities. Sex is seen as defining which of the two biological categories (deriving from the original feminine-masculine dyad) one belonged to. Gender, on the other hand, would be the way in which the differences between the sexes are lived in each culture. The problem here does not lie in the distinction between the two terms, which can be interpreted correctly, but in the separation of sex from gender. This separation is at the root of the distinctions proposed between various “sexual orientations” which are no longer defined by the sexual difference between male and female, and can then assume other forms, determined solely by the individual, who is seen as radically autonomous. Further, the concept of gender is seen as dependent upon the subjective mindset of each person, who can choose a gender not corresponding to his or her biological sex, and therefore with the way others see that person (transgenderism).”

Despite very clear Catholic doctrine on the number of sexes and how sex and gender are intimately related, the largest (allegedly) Catholic university in America has publicly dissented from these teachings. As reported in the Daily Wire, DePaul University of Chicago, now allows students to select from up to 8 genders on official university documents and other forms. Students can choose from male, female, intersex, non-binary, transgender male, transgender female, cisgender, unspecified, and “I do not wish to self-identity.” This is a lot more than the two options the Church recognizes.

Since an influential Catholic institution is publicly opposing established Church teaching and creating scandal, the Church should step up and correct that institution. The person in the Church who normally would do this is the bishop of the diocese where the institution is located; in this case, Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago. But we should not expect Cupich to do anything as he himself is heretical on the issue.  As Cupich declared in 2017:

“I think that the terms gay and lesbian, LGBT, all of those names that people appropriate to themselves, should be respected. People should be called the way that they want to be called rather than us coming up with terms that maybe we’re more comfortable with. So it begins with that.”

Indeed, Cupich is considered one of the most powerful Church leaders in support of the LGBT agenda.

Cupich also notoriously opposes other Church doctrines, most notably the teaching that communion should be denied to Catholic politicians who unrepentantly support abortion. Because of his left-wing positions, Cupich was actually booed while giving a speech at a pro-life rally this month in Chicago. Thus, we cannot expect Cardinal Cupich to correct DePaul University.

Who then will courageously confront the university and defend Church teaching? If DePaul University were a secular institution, it would not have to concern itself with Catholic doctrine. However, since it holds itself out as a “Catholic” university, it must either adhere to Church teaching or no longer declare itself Catholic. Let’s hope courage can be found in the Church to make DePaul choose.

Tags: Blaise CupichCatechism of the Catholic ChurchCatholic ChurchDePaul UniversityLGBT+
Robert Siedlecki

Robert Siedlecki

Rob Siedlecki is the General Counsel and Director of Outreach for the International Organization for the Family.  Prior to joining IOF, he served in appointed leadership positions in the federal government at the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Department of Justice and at the state level in large health and human service departments.  Rob is a graduate of Harvard College and Cornell Law School.

Discussion about this post

Popular News

  • If only Mother Teresa were here to see Roe overruled

    If only Mother Teresa were here to see Roe overruled

    8 shares 582 VIEWS
    Share 8 Tweet 0
  • Most Americans favor restrictions on abortion

    1 shares 517 VIEWS
    Share 1 Tweet 0
  • Calling out the radical LGBT movement’s goal to groom our children

    1 shares 422 VIEWS
    Share 1 Tweet 0
  • Serbian NGOs on possible overturning of Roe: We will keep helping children, women and families

    1 shares 413 VIEWS
    Share 1 Tweet 0
  • #DumpDisney petition launching in France

    1 shares 381 VIEWS
    Share 1 Tweet 0

Twitter iFamNewsEN

Tweets by @iFamNewsEN
IFN – International Family News Network

© 2020 IFN – International Family News - All Rights Reserved.

Quick Links

  • About iFamNews
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Family
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Petitions
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

  • en English
  • it Italiano
  • es Español
  • fr Français
  • de Deutsch
  • pl Polski
  • sr српски
  • ru Русский
  • Login
  • Sign Up

© 2020 IFN – International Family News - All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Subscribe