Vatican won't stop pro-LGBT sex ed after parents appeal to Leo XIV - LifeSite

8/18/2026 "Catholic parents who begged Pope Leo XIV to halt the implementation of pro-LGBT sex education in Hamburg’s Catholic schools received a brief Vatican reply reaffirming Church teaching on gender, but no direct intervention to stop the program."

"The pro-LGBT diocesan sex-education guidelines remain set to take effect on August 20.  Since December 2025, Catholic parents in Hamburg have protested the pro-LGBT sex-education program set to take effect on August 20 in 15 Catholic schools. Alongside arguments that the framework contradicts Catholic teaching, the parents also claim that families were not properly informed about the program’s content, that the schools violated diocesan law, and even that migrant students at Catholic schools feel alienated by the new guidelines. Despite these concerns and the canonical challenge, the archdiocese plans to implement the document, which includes material on gender identity, homosexuality, and contraception, and would be binding for all Catholic schools in Hamburg." FULL STORY at above link.