In India, Church to sponsor school for transgender students
January 04, 2017
In India’s Kerela state, Catholic religious plan to open a school catering especially to transgender students.
“The Church has been very supportive” of efforts to help transgender students, says Vijaya Raja Mallika, a transgender activist in Kerela, who has led the drive to open a school for transgender students who have dropped out of ordinary schools. The school will be located in Kochi, in a building made available by a community of women religious.
Caritas India has been involved in advocacy for transgender individuals, supporting programs to stop discrimination against them. “The whole Church has a big role to play,” says Father Paul Madassey, who heads “pro-life support” efforts sponsored by the Catholic bishops of Kerela.
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Posted by: FredC -
Jan. 05, 2017 3:11 PM ET USA
Let's hope and pray that the school will help the students overcome their mental illness. Perhaps some of them simply enjoy the sensationalism.
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Posted by: brenda22890 -
Jan. 05, 2017 5:30 AM ET USA
what a travesty when the Church cannot distinguish between true and false mercy. Will Pope Francis discipline this misguided nonsense?
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Posted by: Travelling -
Jan. 05, 2017 4:04 AM ET USA
What?? There are no words for this travesty of the faith.
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Posted by: [email protected] -
Jan. 04, 2017 11:37 PM ET USA
What a bunch! First place transgenderism is a mental illness and should be treated as such. For Church officials to support such a school is doing a grave disservice to all. The priest involved should be immediately recalled. He may be promoting grave sin. This is totally against Church teaching.
