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Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during a press conference about a new Vatican document on human dignity on April 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

New Vatican Document Highlights Church’s "ever-greater understanding of human dignity"

Apr 9, 2024

Dignity “belongs to the person… simply because he or she exists and is willed, created, and loved by God,” the document explains.

Dome of St. Peter's basilica, Vatican City. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican Document on Human Dignity Condemns Gender Transition, Surrogacy, Abortion

Apr 8, 2024

The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human trafficking, and war.

Dignitas Infinita

New Vatican Document Highlights Church’s "ever-greater understanding of human dignity"

Vatican Document on Human Dignity Condemns Gender Transition, Surrogacy, Abortion

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