2024-01-09 03:55:44
Vatican City: Pope Francis wants to ban surrogacy. Surrogacy affects the dignity of both mother and child. This is reprehensible. Therefore, the Pope expressed his hope in the efforts of the international community to ban this practice globally. The Pope was addressing Vatican accredited diplomats.
The number of babies born through surrogacy in the world is currently unknown. Because surrogacy is currently illegal in many countries around the world and some states in the United States for moral reasons. One criticism is that poor women are forced into surrogacy because of economic hardship.
Surrogacy is currently illegal in Italy. The government has also introduced a bill to extend the current ban to penalize those who travel abroad and receive surrogates. Meanwhile, same-sex couples who want children rely on surrogacy. There was criticism that the Pope made a statement that affected the LGBTQ community.
Meanwhile, the Pope had previously allowed priests to bless the heavenly couple without a sacrament or liturgy. The position is that those who want to seek blessings and stay close to the Church should not be stopped by excessive moral trials. The new document was released as an explanation of the Pope’s letter to the cardinals.
On the other hand, from the Church’s point of view, marriage is a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman. But the decision of the church is that those who are outside it do not need to be excluded if they seek blessings.
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Last Updated Jan 9, 2024, 9:25 AM IST
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