White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced questions about Pope Francis declaration condemning gender theory on Monday, ultimately affirming President Biden's support for the transgender community.
"I'm going to be really careful. The president's role to litigate internal Church policy, that's not his role, so I'm gonna be super careful there," Jean-Pierre said. "But I can speak to the president's stance, and he's always been very clear on the importance of protecting or having protections for the transgender community and the broader LGBTQ+ community, and that's been very clear since day one of his administration."
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed questions from reporters regarding Pope Francis' latest move. (AP/Evan Vucci)
It's not a new stance for the church — Pope Francis, forced to confront the rapid rise of gender ideology in recent years, has previously called it one of the world's "most dangerous ideological colonizations."
The document continues: "Another prominent aspect of gender theory is that it intends to deny the greatest possible difference that exists between living beings: sexual difference. This foundational difference is not only the greatest imaginable difference but is also the most beautiful and most powerful of them. In the male-female couple, this difference achieves the most marvelous of reciprocities. It thus becomes the source of that miracle that never ceases to surprise us: the arrival of new human beings in the world."
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The document also reaffirms the Church's teachings on abortion and elaborates on its long-standing ethical criticisms of surrogate pregnancies, for which the pope recently called for a worldwide ban.
Fox News' Timothy H. J. Nerozzi contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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