This article is a reasoned response to the article by Timothy F. Murphy, recently published in the prestigious journal Bioethics, on the supposed opposition between the views of the Catholic Church and what he calls “contemporary science” in relation to certain anthropological issues linked to the gender perspective. To point to “the Vatican” as anchored in an unscientific and anachronistic position, using the term contemporary science to which he attributes a unanimous representation of current scientific thinking on the subject is, in our view, unfounded and completely unacceptable. In his reflection, he does not adequately distinguish between intersex and transgenderism, two clearly different realities with different needs. The author defends the obsolescence of the binary sex/gender model that, in his view, “betrays human sexuality.” Furthermore, he does so without providing a plausible justification or a definition of human nature that is able to support the plurality and indeterminacy of sexual conditions, without falling back on untenable dualisms or relativism devoid of scientific objectivity. In our response, we highlight how the dialogue between Faith and Reason, as developed in the recent Magisterium of the Catholic Church, is essential to explain nature, the human being and, in general, all creations. Finally, contemporary science does not provide a monolithic and unquestionable view of the nature of human beings and their sexual identity, as the author claims, with many scientists confirming evidence of a binary human sexuality genetically and phenotypically determined. Summary This paper is a reasoned response to the supposed opposition between the views of the Catholic Church and “contemporary science” in relation to certain anthropological issues linked to the gender perspective.The dialogue between Faith and Reason, as developed in the recent Magisterium of the Catholic Church, is essential to explain nature, the human being and, in general, all creation, against the opinion of those who defend the obsolescence of the binary sex/gender model that, in their view, “betrays human sexuality”.

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Los contenidos de las asignaturas de carácter cientí­fico que se imparten en los Grados Universitarios se centran fundamentalmente en conceptos procedentes de grandes descubrimientos cientí­ficos. Sin embargo, los alumnos tienen visiones deformadas de la ciencia ya que se considera que dichos descubrimientos son un producto de mentes perfectas y realidades inmutables. La investigación científica, la comunicación y la aplicación de la ciencia no son etapas independientes, sino que se debe considerar la ciencia, como una actividad social a través de un proceso multidireccional de conocimientos, prácticas, teorías e ideas.  Este proyecto pretende que los alumnos conozcan que la ciencia, la sociedad y la tecnologí­a no se pueden concebir aisladamente, sino que están intrinsicamente relacionadas. A través del trabajo en equipo y trabajando desde distintos ámbitos cientí­ficos y en distintos Grados, hemos pretendido acercar la vida de los científicos al mundo real, situá¡ndolos en el contexto politico- social del momento, para que los alumnos los conozcan mejor y que usando lenguaje periodístico sean los protagonistas que redacten los grandes hitos del momento.