Bishop Urges Catholic All-Women’s College to Reconsider Admitting Men Identifying as Women

The bishop who oversees the diocese in which the college is located said the policy change is at odd with Catholic teaching.
Bishop Urges Catholic All-Women’s College to Reconsider Admitting Men Identifying as Women
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Bill Pan
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An all-women Catholic college’s recent decision to allow men identifying as women to enroll has met with opposition, including from the bishop who has the authority to decide whether the school may continue identifying itself as Catholic.

Saint Mary’s College, located in Notre Dame, Indiana, announced last week that it has updated its “non-discriminative policy” and will begin admitting undergraduate applicants “whose sex is female or who consistently live and identify as women” in the fall of 2024. The school’s graduate programs have been open to men and women since 2015.

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