“Our biological sex, expressed by our body, is a gift from God and is unchangeable,” the document says. The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. (photo: Credit: / Sulfur via Wikimedia ...

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Differences in brain activity could impact a person's sense of their own gender, according to a researcher who has tried to explain the cause of a condition experienced by some transgender people. The ...

Extreme forms of gender theory have become so influential that a papal encyclical should address the topic, Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht has said, noting Pope Francis’ previous teachings on ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave threats to human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that violate ...

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Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nation’s independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, delivered his latest report to the U.N. General Assembly last week that should set off alarm ...