Gender Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/gender/ England and Wales Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:12:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Gender Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/gender/ 32 32 174395915 Healthcare bishop voices opposition as children recruited for puberty blockers trial https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-voices-opposition-as-children-recruited-for-puberty-blockers-trial/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-voices-opposition-as-children-recruited-for-puberty-blockers-trial/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:10:24 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=119693 Bishop Paul Mason, Lead Bishop for Healthcare for the Bishops’ Conference, has once again raised his voice in opposition to the controversial puberty blockers trial after a High Court judge ruled that children as young as 11 can be recruited to take part. “It is particularly alarming to see that the clinical trial prescribing puberty […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-voices-opposition-as-children-recruited-for-puberty-blockers-trial/feed/ 0 119693 Healthcare bishop urges halt to proposed puberty blocker trial https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-urges-halt-to-proposed-puberty-blocker-clinical-trial/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-urges-halt-to-proposed-puberty-blocker-clinical-trial/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:31:42 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=114171 Bishop Paul Mason, Lead Bishop for Healthcare for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has issued a statement expressing concern about a proposed clinical trial of puberty blockers involving children, saying that “vulnerable children should not be part of an experiment of the kind that will soon be starting at King’s College.” Bishop […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/healthcare-bishop-urges-halt-to-proposed-puberty-blocker-clinical-trial/feed/ 0 114171 Bishops issue pastoral reflection on gender  https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-issue-pastoral-reflection-on-gender/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-issue-pastoral-reflection-on-gender/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:04:54 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=91226 The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a pastoral reflection on gender, highlighting the teaching of the Church but stressing that accompanying those struggling with gender dysphoria is “a complex but essential pastoral task.” The document, titled Intricately woven by the Lord: A pastoral reflection on gender by the bishops of England and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-issue-pastoral-reflection-on-gender/feed/ 0 91226 Bishops welcome the Vatican document ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-welcome-the-vatican-document-male-and-female-he-created-them/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:09:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/bishops-welcome-the-vatican-document-male-and-female-he-created-them/ Vatican Gender Document

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]]> 36314 Statement on Gender from the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales https://www.cbcew.org.uk/spring-plenary-2018-gender-resolution/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:59:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/the-bishops/bishops-plenary-meetings/plenary-april-2018/a-statement-on-gender-from-the-catholic-bishops-of-england-and-wales/ Today there is intense public debate about gender. It highlights not only the suffering and discomfort of some, but also raises profound questions about human nature, how we understand ourselves, relate to one another and our capacity for self-determination.

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]]> 16923 A Statement on Gender from the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales https://www.cbcew.org.uk/a-statement-on-gender-from-the-catholic-bishops-of-england-and-wales/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:59:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/a-statement-on-gender-from-the-catholic-bishops-of-england-and-wales/ Statement: Gender

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