Things to Come?

The Brave New World of Inclusive Catholicism.

It never would have occurred to your Tatler (pronouns he/him) that “non-binary drag artist” and “Catholic” would appear in the same sentence. Likewise the following:

Non-binary drag artist Virgin X has released a new single, “Splinters,” in which they discuss their fraught relationship with Catholicism. [Editor’s note: Virgin X uses the pronouns “they/them.”]

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Music and performance, for Virgin X, is a means to challenge ways of thinking that exclude LGBTQ people. Virgin X’s new music release reminds Catholics that there is much to be done to make the church inclusive of all.

When Pope Francis prattles on about diversity and inclusivity, is this what he they has have in mind? In addition to all other trappings, intra and extra-worship, provided by Mx Virgin X and [you guess the possessive pronoun] colleagues, might we also expect a specially inclusive Novus Ordo mass with those nasty sex-specific pronouns eliminated? An example:

“At the time they were betrayed and entered willingly into their Passion, they took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to their disciples . . .”

If nothing else, the future of our Holy Church should prove interesting. Deus misereatur.