New World Youth Day 'Rise Up' catechesis receives mixed reviews
The World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, this week debuted a new model of catechesis sessions aimed at listening to young people better.
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The World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, this week debuted a new model of catechesis sessions aimed at listening to young people better.
“Recent changes at the Department of Catholic Schools are not in any way tied to the Gender Identity Theory document or its related controversy,” Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland (OR) said in a June 28 memo to priests and school leaders, in which he sought to “address some inaccurate media reports that have led to some confusion.
Five months after he published “A Catholic Response to Gender Identity Theory,” Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland (OR) is facing a backlash from angry parents, as well as some from teachers and school administrators.
Archbishop Alexander Sample's policy directing Portland Catholic institutions to interact with young people on the basis of their "biological sex identity" disregards the signs of the times, says one theologian.
GERVAIS — Not all the scores of families who attended the 175th anniversary celebration of St. Louis Church in Gervais still live locally. But they were h