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On Tuesday of this past week, Bishop John Stowe announced the commitment of the Diocese of Lexington to achieve net zero energy usage by 2030. This initiative is in furtherance of the goals espoused by Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical letter, Laudato Si.

Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, announces a net-zero initiative, pledging to reach net-zero emissions across its 59 parishes as well as schools and other institutions in the next six years.

"As Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Prefect of the Dicastery, emphasized in the press conference launching the document, Dignitas infinita’s core message is that “[e]very human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter” (1)." "The Declaration identifies a long list of “grave violations of human dignity”... Near the end of this list are two examples of “violations” which most directly affect transgender people: “gender theory” and “sex change.” Unfortunately, these sections continue a pattern among church documents of interpreting the experiences of transgender people through the lens of an ill-defined ideology of gender."

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