“As a Catholic Church, we have a sacred duty and obligation — out of our love for our young people and God’s family — to speak the truth,” writes Arlington, Virginia Bishop Michael Burbidge, introducing his “Catechesis on the Human Person and Gender Ideology.”
Catholics have that duty “not only to speak the truth but to explain why we believe what we do and to give Catholics the language they need to explain this to others,” he writes.
This important document makes clear the teaching of the Church and how it should be applied, charitably and confidently, in Catholic institutions as well as in the broader culture.
The document can be read in its entirety here
“Not only to speak the truth but to explain why we believe what we do and to give Catholics the language they need to explain this to others.”