Pope does not want people to be the same

Background

Senior Vatican Cardinal warns ‘demonic’ transgender rights are causing the ‘death of God’, Nick Duffy, Pink News, May 18, 2016

2024

On March 1, Pope Francis addressed a conference at the Vatican. Regarding gender theory, he said: "I have asked that studies be carried out into this ugly ideology of our times, which cancels out the differences and makes everything the same." According to a Reuters article, the Pope mentioned "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."

— Pope says gender theory is 'ugly ideology' that threatens humanity: 'Cancelling out the differences means cancelling out humanity,' Francis said, Thomson Reuters, March 1, 2024

I have two comments here.

Religion is notably an area in which a human being can change their mind, change how they show up in the world, and thus change the way in which they are different. The Catholic Church throughout history has notably tried to pull people out of their original religions and draw them into the Catholic fold. It is hypocritical for the Pope to warn about a movement that allegedly "cancels out the differences and makes everything the same. This is projection. If you really want human difference, you want non-Catholics.

Furthermore, if you really, really want human difference, well, you want trans people.

Vatican Blasts Gender-Affirming Surgery, Surrogacy As Violations Of Human Dignity In a document called "Infinite Dignity," the Vatican also repeated its rejection of "gender theory." Nicole Winfield, AP, Apr 8, 2024