Vatican declaration

A new declaration from the Vatican and Pope Francis, announced Monday, has strongly condemned transgender sex change, surrogate motherhood and abortion as grave threats to human dignity. The 20 page document, called Dignitas Infidelity, which means infinite dignity, lays out where the Church stands on inherent and unalienable worth and rights afforded to every person, it reads in part. Any sex change intervention as a rule risk threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception. CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb has more details. Gender theory, surrogacy and gender affirming healthcare are all violations of human dignity, according to a new Vatican document. The declaration, which is signed off and approved by Pope Francis, lists the gender theory alongside other violations of human dignity, such as abortion and euthanasia. The document also includes, however, social issues such as the plight of migrants, the violence against women and the death penalty, saying that these issues are also important. That Catholics should not simply focus on abortion and euthanasia. Whilst the document is critical of gender theory, it does include a strong condemnation of the criminalisation of homosexuality in certain countries around the world, something that Pope Francis spoke about in 2023 ahead of a trip to Africa Cardinal Fernandez presented. The document said he was shocked that some Catholics were supportive of these laws criminalising homosexuality. The document appears to be a balancing of both Pope Francis’s desire to maintain Catholic teaching. And doctrine. His pastoral Welcome to same sex Catholics and LGBTQ. Believers, this document comes in the months after the Vatican issued a ground breaking text offering blessings to same sex couples, something that sent shock waves through the church and allowing for trans Catholics to act as God baptism. So with this document we see a reaffirmation of Catholic teaching and doctrine, but at the same time a desire to apply that in a pastoral and compassionate way. Christopher Lamb, CNN.