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Pope Francis Says It's 'Terrible' Children Are Taught They Can Choose Gender
August 02, 2016
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has lamented that children, as he puts it, are being taught at school that gender can be a choice.
Francis said: "Today, in schools they are teaching this to children -- to children! -- that everyone can choose their gender."
Without specifying, he blamed this on textbooks supplied by "persons and institutions who donate money."
Francis weighed in during a closed-door meeting last week with bishops from Poland during his pilgrimage there. The Vatican released a transcript Tuesday of those private remarks.
The pope blamed what he called "ideological colonizing" backed by "very influential countries" which he didn't identify.
One such "colonization" he said -- "I'll say it clearly with its first and last name -- is gender."
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