In the Diocese of Trondheim, Bishop Varden has encouraged his priests and catechists to incorporate the letter’s content into their preaching, teaching, and w.
Bishop Erik Varden spoke to CNA about the role of a bishop, and why the Nordic bishops conference chose to publish a letter on sexuality and transgenderism at this time. / Pål JohannesVatican City, Apr 5, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).In March, the bishops of the five Nordic countries issued a pastoral letter affirming the Catholic Church s teaching on human sexuality."This covenantal sign, the rainbow, is claimed in our time as the symbol of a movement that is at once political and cultural," the bishops wrote. "We declare dissent, however, when the movement puts forward a view of human nature that abstracts from the embodied integrity of personhood, as if physical gender were accidental."Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, spoke to CNA about the role of a bishop and why the Nordic bishops conference chose to publish a letter on sexuality and transgenderism at this time."Obviously the topic has been on our radar for a long time, as it has been on anyone s
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