Los mandamientos de la Iglesia, sobre los cuales he estado reflexionando en esta serie de artículos, son leyes establecidas por las autoridades pastorales de la Iglesia.

The Precepts of the Church, which I have been reflecting on in this series of articles, are laws established by the pastoral authorities of the Church.

I had a dream several months ago. I don't remember it that clearly, but it woke me in the middle of the night. As my head cleared and I tried to remember what I had just seen, I felt a sense of urgency to pray.

The concept of the “collegiality” of bishops has been sharply contested since the Second Vatican Council debated it in 1962, 1963 and 1964. That discussion was sufficiently contentious that a personal intervention from Pope Paul VI was required to incorporate the concept of episcopal collegiality within the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church in such a way that the pope’s primacy and universal jurisdiction were safeguarded. The debate about collegiality has continued ever since. 

A 23-year-old woman named Keira Bell recently brought a pivotal lawsuit against the National Health Services Gender Identity Development Clinic in London, better known as the Tavistock Clinic. Keira experienced significant personal harm from puberty blockers, testosterone and an operation to remove her breasts. She claims the medical staff at the clinic failed to challenge her seriously about her decision as a teenager to transition to a male. In a landmark ruling delivered in December, a British court upheld her claim that she’d been rushed through gender reassignment without proper safeguards.