Gender ideology and its language should be resisted in all Catholic institutions, according to a new document by the bishops of England and Wales.
The 11-page paper also stated that the Catholic Church was firmly opposed to medical intervention for children who want to change their sex.
It also said that “social transition”, in which a person lives in a role of sex opposite to their own, must also be avoided in Church institutions and especially in the case of children.
In a press conference on 24 April, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Bishop David Oakley or Northampton declined to say whether their teaching would lead to a ban on the use of “preferred pronouns” in schools and other settings, and said that was a matter for the Catholic Education Service.
