The celebrations of the so-called ‘Pride Month’ have no place in a Catholic educational institution. This is the view of Father Colin J. Blatchford, associate director of Courage International, who warns that these initiatives contradict Christian anthropology, «cause scandal,» and ultimately weaken the Catholic identity of the universities that promote them.
The priest’s statements respond to an inquiry from the Cardinal Newman Society, which has documented how various Catholic universities in the United States—including Georgetown, Notre Dame, and DePaul—organize each year activities linked to Pride Month, such as Pride parades, recreational events, or institutional campaigns aimed at reaffirming LGBTQ identity among students.
Several of these institutions also maintain offices and specific resources to promote such identities, while offering little material that explains the Church’s teaching on human sexuality or warns about the premises of gender ideology.
Asked whether a Catholic university may promote this type of celebration, Blatchford answers unequivocally: “No.”
In his view, “the anthropological foundations of ‘Pride Month’ include a dualistic vision of the person and a radical autonomy.” In contrast, he recalls that the Magisterium of recent popes has insisted that no sexual orientation, attraction, or label can fully define a person’s identity above the essential truth of being a “beloved child of God.”
“When we exalt our own opinion above the truth, we become gods unto ourselves,” the priest warns, noting that this way of understanding identity ultimately leads to frustration and isolation.
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