Bill Donohue comments on Pope Francis and Bruce Jenner’s new look:

Pope Francis has not commented on Bruce Jenner’s transformation, but we are not without clues as to what he might be thinking. The pope, like his two predecessors, has spoken directly and quite strongly about the intellectual hollowness of gender theory and gender ideology. These popular strains in post-modernist thought discount, if not deny, the role played by nature in shaping human behavior. Here’s a sample of what Pope Francis has said on this subject:

• “I ask myself, if the so-called gender theory is not, at the same time, an expression of frustration and resignation, which seeks to cancel out sexual difference because it no longer knows how to confront it. Yes, we risk taking a step backwards.” (4-15-15)
• “The crisis of the family is a social reality. Then there are ideological colonizations of the family, modes and proposals from Europe and also from overseas. The error of the human mind that is gender theory creates a lot of confusion.” (3-23-15)
• On board a flight from Manila to Rome, after he labeled “gender theory” a form of “ideological colonization,” he said: “Why do I say ideological colonization? Because they take, they really take, they take the need of a people to seize an opportunity to enter and grow strong—with the children. But it is not new, this. The same was done by the dictatorships of the last century. They entered with their own doctrine—think of Balilla [Mussolini’s fascist youth organization], think of the Hitler Youth.” (1-19-15)
• “Let us be on guard against colonization by new ideologies. There are forms of ideological colonization which are out to destroy the family.” (1-16-15)
• “Gender ideology is demonic!” (1-30-14)

Pope Francis would never demonize Bruce Jenner—s/he possesses the same human dignity afforded all of God’s people. But by branding as demonic the very ideology that justifies his transformation, the pope makes it clear what he thinks of it.

To read Bill Donohue’s latest Newsmax article about the glamorization of Bruce Jenner’s condition, click here.

Bill Donohue comments on bigoted remarks that aired last night on TV:

Many celebrities will do anything to show how utterly welcoming they are of men and women who are in rebellion against their own nature—they applaud every time someone gets Jennerized. But when it comes to Catholics, that’s a different story. Indeed, they are obliged to be bigoted.

During the Critics’ Choice Television Awards on A&E last night, Charlize Theron said of Seth McFarland, “By the age of 9, he was drawing a comic strip for the local paper. One features a character taking Communion and asking, ‘Can I have fries with that?’ He got an angry letter from the local priest, and he knew the path he would take. He and that priest spent the next three years in a loving monogamous relationship.”

During “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” the host made the following remarks on his HBO show: “The Irish vote was widely celebrated, with one depressingly predictable voice of dissent.” He added, “Ok, settle down a little, Catholic Church. Remember, you’re an organization whose ‘victories for humanity’ include the Crusades, forced adoptions, and running a wildly successful international pedophile exchange program.”

Ridiculing the Eucharist is always a below the belt offense—there is nothing comedic about it. Smearing the Catholic Church—or any other religious institution—is always wrong, and it is particularly despicable when the smears are based on ignorance and lies.

Surely the corporate boys and girls in communications at these two media outlets would enjoy hearing from you.

Contact Michael Feeney at A&E: michael.feeney@aetn.com

Contact: Keith Cocozza at Time Warner (HBO):keith.cocozza@timewarner.com