Pope condemns the 'ugly ideology' of gender theory

 Pope condemns the 'ugly ideology' of gender theory - the idea you can adopt the gender you want - saying it is 'cancelling out humanity'

• The leader of the Catholic Church warned of a 'dystopian' future if it continues 

• Pope Francis on Friday warned of the dangers of so-called gender theory, saying he had commissioned studies into what he condemned as an 'ugly ideology' that threatens humanity.

  Addressing participants of a two-day conference in the Vatican on the evolving role of men and women according to Christian teachings, Francis said what he called 'gender ideology' was a threat because it sought to erase the difference between the sexes. 

  

  He said: 'It's very important that there is this meeting, this meeting between men and women, because today the worst danger is gender ideology.

• 'I asked for studies into this ugly ideology of our time, which erases differences and makes everything the same. Erasing differences is erasing humanity.

  'Cancelling out the differences means cancelling out humanity.' Gender theory, often called gender ideology, suggests that gender is more complex and fluid than the binary categories of male and female, and depends on more than visible sex characteristics.

  The conference which was on the subject of marriage and faith, saw the leader of the Catholic Church warn of a 'dystopian' future.

  The 87-year-old pontiff said he was still suffering from a recent cold and had asked an aide to read his speech, but first wanted to 'underline' his feelings on gender ideology.

  He said he remembered reading a 'prophetic' book called 'Lord of the World' - a dystopian novel published in 1907 by a Catholic priest about a world where religion has no place - which warned of the risk of cancelling out differences between people.

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