“I ask each person who is experiencing this confusion to trust Jesus with your pain,” the bishop said in the letter. Coakley wrote in a pastoral letter that although individuals experiencing gender dysphoria are under “immense pain,” the Catholic Church nonetheless urges them to “accep the gift of your biological sex” and work to “heal your felt incongruity mentally, emotionally, somatically, and spiritually.” In May of this year, meanwhile, Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Pope Francis said earlier this year that gender ideology is “one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,” because it “blurs differences and the value of men and women.” Though transgenderism - the belief that an individual can “identify” and be counted as a member of the opposite sex or no sex at all - is a relatively novel concept, authorities in the Catholic Church have come out strongly against many elements of the ideology. “Loyola is sacrificing bodies and souls on the altar of political correctness.” “Faith and reason science and traditional Catholic teaching are complementary when it comes to personhood and health,” Cretella said. “The history of world cultures and decades of studies demonstrate that embracing sexual lifestyles other than a faithful loving marriage between one man and one woman leads to suffering, disease, and death for both individuals and civilizations.” “‘Sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ are social constructs being leveraged for political purposes,” Cretella said. Stewart graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine and completed his residency at Good Samaritan Hosp, Obstetrics And Gynecology. He has been practicing for over 35 years and is board certified. Michelle Cretella, a pediatrician spokesperson for the Catholic Medical Association and the co-chair of the Sexuality Council of the American College of Pediatricians, told CNA that “the human person’s sexual identity is either male or female.” David Stewart, MD is an Urologist, who primarily practices in Columbus, OH. Margaret Higgins, who is listed as department contact on the course listing, did not immediately respond to an email asking for more information about the course.ĭr. Participants in the course are urged to attend shadow sessions at medical clinics “where the majority of patients identify as LGBTQ+.” Students in the two-week course may be taught the “initiation and maintenance of hormones for transgender patients,” health care for “transgender children/adolescents,” and “gender confirmation surgery.”
The course listing, which is grouped under a “Family Medicine” department label, purports to “teach students the evidence-based treatment of LGBTQ+ patients in medicine.” The Jesuit-run Loyola University Chicago is offering students a course in “transgender” medicine, including the treatment of children who identify as transgender.
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