Leo XIV Appoints "Transgender"-Affirming US Bishop

Pope Leo XIV appointed today Monsignor Thomas Hennen, 47, as the new Bishop of Baker, USA.

A priest of the Diocese of Davenport, he has served as Vicar General since 2020 and as Rector of the Cathedral since 2021.

A decade ago, Monsignor Hennen worked in the conservative apostolate 'Courage' that helps people with gender dysphoria to live chastely.

However, the more he met with people who "are transgender", he came to understand them better and "how they were feeling" he said in November 2021 on CatholicMessenger.net, adding that his approach to this issue "has evolved."

And, "This notion that we have to choose either to be faithful to our Catholic teaching on the nature of the human person or welcome, love, and accompany transgender persons is really a false choice. In fact, it is precisely our understanding of the dignity of the human person that should motivate our love for transgender persons. Are there some appropriate accommodations that we could make as a Church that neither ‘sell out’ on our beliefs nor slam the door in the face of transgender persons? I think there may be. That’s what we have to explore."

In 2021, Rev Hennen was a key member of the newly founded committee of a diocesan 'Gender Committee' about "multiple issues surrounding transgender people".

In recent years, he constantly used the language of homosexual activists speaking of "transgender persons" and "LGBT+ Catholics".

In March 2022 he wrote on CatholicMessenger.net - using a transgender flag as illustration - that “transgender people are not ‘pretending’: "Individuals do not choose to be transgender, at least in terms of the experience of this deep disconnect between their bodies and their perception of themselves."

In a June 2023 summit of his diocese, he said: "I found out, these guys love the Church and they are faithfully living their Catholic faith, striving to, despite (!) even their experiences within the Church."

On the sin that cries out to heaven for revenge, he relativized: "It's not to say that they're living perfect lives, and to that I say, welcome to the club." And, “I would say it is important to listen for understanding and not to judge.”

Needless to say, that homosexual activist James Martin SJ has quoted Rev Hennen on his pro-homsoexual media Outreach.faith.

This pro-homosexual vicar general Hennen was trained in the Mass in the Roman Rite and celebrates it, too.

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la verdad prevaleceJul 11

Apostate and Gay Activist Thomas Hennen: “Our approach to this issue has evolved,” said Father Hennen. “We’re probably leaning toward developing a statement rather than a policy.”
“We’ve taken a slower approach to this. We like to think we are taking a synodal approach, and we’ve learned a lot in the process — our own attitudes have changed.”

Malki TzedekJul 12

"Evolved" in such instances invariably interprets as "we've caved in". As they say in the advertising and marketing worlds, it is a 'weasel' word intended to imply a thoughtful process which has never taken place. God help us.

la verdad prevaleceJul 12

The Word of God warns against those "progressives" who want to overstep the boundaries God has set and reinterpret Scripture to justify the vice of sodomy, deceiving people and achieving disobedience—that is, rebellion against God.
2 John 9-11
Anyone who fails to remain faithful to the teaching of Christ but goes beyond[a] it does not have God. Only the one who remains faithful to the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not impart this teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him. For anyone who welcomes him has a share in his evil deeds.

la verdad prevaleceJul 11

"Needless to say, that homosexual activist James Martin SJ has quoted Rev Hennen on his pro-homsoexual media Outreach.faith".
Romans 1:32 Who, although they know the decree of God that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.
“Why, I ask, O damnable sodomites, do you seek after the height of ecclesiastical dignity with such burning ambition? Why do you seek with such longing to snare the people of God in the web of your perdition?” St. Peter Damian

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Jul 11

Leo XIV pick: A decade ago, Monsignor Hennen worked in the conservative apostolate 'Courage'. But then his approach to this issue "has evolved." Now, he is using the transgender-flag to illustrate the articles.

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P. O'BJul 11

Alexander Pope:
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.”

Robert P HartleyJul 10

This prelate is clearly a heretic and, therefore, no longer a Catholic. Since you must be a Catholic to be a priest or bishop, it follows that this heretic is neither priest nor bishop. The people should withhold their donations until a suitable bishop is appointed.

laurelmaryceciliaJul 11

Ordination and Baptism are sacraments that leave an indelible mark on the soul. Council of Florence 1439. These persons are clearly heretics, as you said. However, They remain a valid Catholic (ex-communicated) and/or a priest (illegal) .... much more to their damnation, of course, than if they had not received the Grace of the Sacrament of Baptism and/or Ordination.

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True MassJul 10

Getting difficult to keep up with all
these "fabulous" appointments. Just saying.

P. O'BJul 10

Accompany them to the confessional, and occasionally, case by case, to a psychologist. Otherwise, that word "accompany" is just so much nonsense.

yuca2111Jul 10

The way things are going... Future cardinal and perhaps "pope"

Unknown Unknown UnknownJul 10

Then you

Wilma LopezJul 10

2023: Fr. Thom Hennen, vicar general and pastor of the Davenport cathedral, was part of the gender committee Zinkula formed nearly three years ago. "We've taken a slower approach to this," Hennen said this summer. "We like to think we are taking a synodal approach, and we've learned a lot in the process — our own attitudes have changed."
Source: New Iowa guidelines praised as a 'milestone' by …

Malki TzedekJul 10

By the by, Bergoglio may have fumed about 'clericalism' but 'careerism' appears to be a much more virulent affliction in the Church hierarchy. Not much "washing of one another's feet" as there is glad handing.

Malki TzedekJul 10

We seem to have inverted our Lord's counsel "Be in the world but not of the world". John 17 Why are such compromises of the Faith being made?!

SonoftheChurchJul 10

This will soon be what the average Bishop in America looks like, thinks and believes. These are the type of modernist, heretical, apostate Prelates the Vatican wants in power here, ruling the American Church and leading her further and deeper into abomination. May God help us.

Father Karl A ClaverJul 10

Unless these sinful freaks are disbarred from any ecclesiastical positi9ons, the rot will continue.

Unknown Unknown UnknownJul 10

Great Dragon
Revelation 12:9
And that great dragon was cast forth, the old serpent, which is called the devil and Satan, which seduceth the whole world: and he was cast into the earth, & his angels were thrown down with him.

Unknown Unknown UnknownJul 10

Seduced.

Everyday for Life CanadaJul 10

Seduces…what happened to sacrifice, self denial, reality, living as best you can with your disability which we all have to do every day…with your cross..it may be disordered feelings, it may be a sick child, it may be a chronic illness..Who doesn’t have a cross to carry? Should we burn the cross along with ourselves, should we accept defeat and give in to every urge to which mortal flesh is heir to? This so-called bishop hennen needs to re-read the gospels with a blessed rosary in his hands!