{"id":1926391,"date":"2023-05-08T01:55:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T05:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-catholic-church-facing-backlash-for-god-is-trans-exhibit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T01:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T05:57:59","slug":"nyc-catholic-church-facing-backlash-for-god-is-trans-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-catholic-church-facing-backlash-for-god-is-trans-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Catholic Church criticized for &#8216;God Is Trans&#8217; exhibit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-catholic-church-facing-backlash-for-god-is-trans-exhibit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926391&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Catholic Church in NYC Sparks Controversy with \u201cGod is Trans\u201d Exhibit<\/h2>\n<h3>Liberal Church Faces Backlash from Parishioners<\/h3>\n<p>The Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan\u2019s West Side is known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brand-name-neutering-of-mr-potato-head-proves-unpopular-with-public-poll\/\" title=\"Brand-Name Neutering Of Mr. Potato Head Proves Unpopular With Public: Poll\">liberal views<\/a>, but its latest exhibit titled \u201cGod is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey\u201d has caused quite a stir among some of its members. The exhibit, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-propaganda-outlet-paid-millions-to-american-newspapers-and-magazines-records-show\/\" title=\"Chinese Propaganda Outlet Paid Millions to American Newspapers and Magazines, Records Show\">features art<\/a> by Adah Unachukwu, details a \u201cqueer spiritual journey in three steps: Sacrifice, Identity and Communion.\u201d However, for some churchgoers, the comparison between God and someone identifying as trans is a step too far.<\/p>\n<p>One parishioner told The New York Post that the display felt out of place in the church and that a priest had not given an answer when asked about it. \u201cThe church should not be promoting this. I understand there are transgender people. I pray for all people but enough is enough,\u201d the parishioner said. \u201cIt seems like they are trying to force the agenda on others. You can\u2019t put this out on the altar and then hide. That\u2019s what gets the church in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Exhibit Details a \u201cQueer Spiritual Journey\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>The exhibit\u2019s three steps are Sacrifice, Identity, and Communion. Sacrifice is defined as a move to \u201cshed\u201d a prior life or identity, while Identity is defined as individuals asking the spiritual question, \u201cWhat does holiness look like?\u201d The definition of the third step, Communion, more closely aligns with the traditional definition and addresses a convergence between God and man.<\/p>\n<h3>Church\u2019s Official Stance on Gender Identity<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smithsonian-exhibit-reduces-american-womens-history-to-cheap-ideological-falsehoods\/\" title=\"Smithsonian Exhibit Reduces American Women\u2019s History To Cheap, Ideological Falsehoods\">exhibit appears<\/a> to contradict the Catholic Church\u2019s official stance on gender identity. In 2019\u2019s \u201cMale and Female He Created Them: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education,\u201d the church pushed back on claims that sex and gender were two separate concepts and referred to transgender identity as an attempt to \u201cannihilate the concept of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, the Church of St. Paul the Apostle has not commented on the exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Catholic Church in New York City is facing some backlash \u2014 from its own parishioners \u2014 over a display titled \u201cGod is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey.\u201d According to a report published Sunday by The New York Post, the Church of St. Paul the Apostle \u2014 located on Manhattan\u2019s West Side \u2014 is known<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1926392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7425,6011,5643,6719,23812,7332,7037],"class_list":["post-1926391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-god","tag-catholic","tag-church","tag-criticized","tag-exhibit","tag-nyc","tag-trans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}