Gender ideology is ‘destructive,’ ‘anti-human’ and must be opposed: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Ukraine ’s Greek Catholic bishops , who are in full communion with the Holy See , are warning the country’s faithful about the dangers of gender ideology, saying that the imposition of the “destructive” and “anti-human” ideology bears resemblance to how the “godless Soviet regime ” imposed atheistic communism on the Ukrainian people in the 20th century. But unlike communism that was accompanied by “open and bloody persecution,” gender ideology uses “hidden” and often “covert” means that nevertheless has the similar result of “destroying Christian faith and morality, as well as universal human values,” the bishops warn. The Encyclical, titled “Concerning the Danger of Gender Ideology” was written by Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on behalf of the Synod of Bishops of the Major Archeparchy of Kiev–Galicia. It was published in English on Dec. 4. Archbishop Sviatoslav states that Gender ideology “denies the most obvious anthropological reality.” “People are born mal