{"id":677,"date":"2023-03-14T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:44:52","slug":"pope-francis-gender-ideology-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-ideological-colonizations-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"“Pope Francis: Gender ideology is \u2018one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations\u2019”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He has spoken out many times on this over his ten years as Pope. And see the end of the excerpt.<\/p>\n

\u201cGender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,\u201d Francis said in the interview published on the evening of March 10. \u201cWhy is it dangerous? Because it blurs differences and the value of men and women,\u201d he added. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Francis has frequently used the term \u201cideological colonization\u201d throughout the 10 years of his pontificate, particularly to describe instances when aid money for developing countries has been tied to contraceptives, abortion, sterilization, and gender ideologies.<\/p>\n

In a conversation with Polish bishops in 2016<\/a>, Pope Francis said: \u201cToday children \u2014 children \u2014 are taught in school that everyone can choose his or her sex. Why are they teaching this? Because the books are provided by the people and institutions that give you money. These forms of ideological colonization are also supported by influential countries. And this is terrible!\u201d<\/p>\n

The pope told Piqu\u00e9 that he was not currently writing a new encyclical and denied that he had been asked to write a document on the subject of gender.<\/p>\n

While he is not writing something on gender ideology, the pope said that he talks about the subject \u201cbecause some people are a bit naive and believe that it is the way to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that they \u201cdo not distinguish what is respect for sexual diversity or diverse sexual preferences from what is already an anthropology of gender, which is extremely dangerous because it eliminates differences, and that erases humanity, the richness of humanity, both personal, cultural, and social, the diversities and the tensions between differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pope noted that he always distinguishes \u201cbetween what pastoral care is for people who have a different sexual orientation and what gender ideology is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are two different things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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