
St. Louis Archdiocese Rebukes Pastor’s Comments Opposing Ban on Transgender Treatments
The Church supports the Missouri bills because they would continue to protect minors from procedures designed to attempt to change a child’s sex.
The Church supports the Missouri bills because they would continue to protect minors from procedures designed to attempt to change a child’s sex.
The archbishop has categorically denied the accusations.
There is no specific timeline for the Vatican’s review of the decrees, but a decision could take several months, the archdiocese said. The St. Louis parishes’ appeals to the Vatican are not unprecedented in the United States.
In the end, this leaves the archdiocese with 44 fewer parishes than it has now. Some of these changes will be implemented as soon as August, but the plan will not be completed until 2026.
Robert Onder, a former Missouri state senator and founding member of St. Gianna Parish in Wentzville, Missouri, is acting as procurator, or representative under canon law, for the 3,100 Catholics who signed a mandate calling for the planning process to stop.
The Archbishop of St. Louis urged 'all people of good will to join together in prayer for everyone affected by today’s shooting.'
Father Xiu Hui Jiang also prevailed in two civil lawsuits related to the accusations.
Perpetrator remains on the loose after shooting a woman and sexually assaulting another at the Catholic Supply of St. Louis retail store in Ballwin, Missouri.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis published the apology from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) on Monday.
Rule creating a protected status for anyone who has ‘made a decision related to abortion’ draws legal opposition from archbishop of St. Louis.
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