Male and Female He Created Them
Male and Female He Created Them: Toward a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education is a document of the Congregation for Catholic Education, published on June 10, 2019, under the prefect Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, during the pontificate of Pope Francis, that instructs Catholic schools to teach their students on how to dialogue with others about gender identity.
Summary
The document builds on the apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia, where Pope Francis says, "No one can think that the weakening of the family as that natural society founded on marriage will prove beneficial to society as a whole." It rejects the idea that transgender people can be any gender besides that which is assigned, generally at birth, based on observed physical sex. Further it argues that allowing gender norms to change destabilizes the family and society, and that "gender theory" is contrary to the Catholic faith."Gender theory", according to the Congregation, "speaks of" a "denaturalisation, that is a move away from nature and towards an absolute option for the decision of feelings".. The document alleges that "such theories" can be "traced back to"
The Congregation states that "gender theory" is "strictly sociological". The Congregation asserted a "distinction" between "the whole field of research on gender that the human sciences have undertaken" and "the ideology of gender".
The document further states that "the ideas of “intersex” or “transgender” self-contradictory", and are associated with "only ‘provocative’ display against so-called ‘traditional frameworks’".
The Congregation states that "only reproductive technology", which is not a "replacement" of "natural conception" can "allow one of the partners in a relationship of two persons of the same sex to generate offspring", and cannot "assure the necessary conditions" for reproduction.