The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity,” a declaration in the works for five years. After substantial revision, it was approved by Pope Francis, who ordered its publication.

The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s plan for human life.

The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity,” a 20-page declaration that has been in the works for five years. After substantial revision in recent months, it was approved March 25 by Pope Francis, who ordered its publication.

In its most eagerly anticipated section, the Vatican repeated its rejection of “gender theory,” or the idea that one’s gender can be changed. It said God created man and woman as biologically different, separate beings, and said people must not tinker with that plan or try to “make oneself God.”

“It follows that any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception,” the document said.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    19·
    7 months ago

    I can’t say I really understand the argument against surrogacy they’re making here. It seems like the same argument would mean that adoption shouldn’t be allowed either. Their other argument on the matter seems to be that abuse of a system means a system should be eliminated, which is an interesting argument for the Catholic Church to make.

    • CileTheSane
      81·
      7 months ago

      I can’t say I really understand the argument against surrogacy they’re making here

      I remember a Bible story about a man that died before having an heir so his brother was to impregnate the widow. But surrogacy is bad for some reason?

      Oh, surrogacy is something a woman could benefit from. Right.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 months ago

      I think their skydaddy logic is it can’t be done without discarding eggs and as we all know each egg has a soul.

      Meanwhile they eat eggs during lent.