{"id":79465,"date":"2016-08-03T07:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T11:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79465"},"modified":"2016-08-03T07:18:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T11:18:48","slug":"pope-terrible-children-taught-can-choose-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/03\/pope-terrible-children-taught-can-choose-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope: It\u2019s \u2018terrible\u2019 children taught they can choose gender"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pope said he reflected on this: “We are living a moment of annihilation of man as image of God.”
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VATICAN CITY \u2013 Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labeled current times \u201cthe epoch of sin against God the Creator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Francis weighed in with his view on gender and what he said was that of the emeritus pontiff while meeting privately last week with bishops from Poland during his pilgrimage there. The Vatican released a transcript Tuesday of those closed-door remarks.<\/p>\n

The pope said he wanted to conclude his remarks by reflecting on this: \u201cWe are living a moment of annihilation of man as image of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Francis said: \u201cToday, in schools they are teaching this to children \u2013 to children! \u2013 that everyone can choose their gender.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without specifying, he blamed this on textbooks supplied by \u201cpersons and institutions who donate money.\u201d The pope blamed what he called \u201cideological colonizing\u201d backed by \u201cvery influential countries\u201d which he didn\u2019t identify, adding \u201cthis is terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

One such \u201ccolonization\u201d he said \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll say it clearly with its first and last name \u2013 is gender.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ccolonization\u201d theme is one he has railed against before, including during an Asian pilgrimage in 2015.<\/p>\n

This time, though, he volunteered that he has discussed the gender issue with Benedict, who has lived at the Vatican since retiring in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking with Pope Benedict, who is well, and has a clear mind, he was telling me: \u2018Holiness, this is the epoch of sin against God the Creator.\u2019 He\u2019s intelligent! God created man and woman, God created the world this way, this way, this way, and we are doing the opposite,\u201d Francis told the Polish bishops Wednesday shortly after his arrival in Krakow at the start of a five-day pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Francis\u2019 ended by telling the Polish bishops he wanted them to reflect on this: \u201cWe must think about what Pope Benedict said \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s the epoch of sin against God the Creator.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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