2024-04-08 22:58:00
The Vatican reaffirmed this Monday its opposition to sex changes, gender theory and surrogacy, as well as abortion and euthanasiafour months following supporting the blessing of same-sex couples.
The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Dicastery of Faith, published the statement “Infinite dignity” (Infinite Dignity) following fierce conservative opposition, especially in Africa, to its document on LGBT+ issues.
A part is also dedicated to sexist violence, stating that “it will never be condemned enough.”
There is no indication that the new text, which outlines what the Church perceives as threats to human dignity, was prepared as a direct response to disputes over same-sex blessings, as it has been in the works for five years.
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Pope Francisco approved it following asking that it also mention “poverty, the situation of immigrants, violence once morest women, human trafficking, war and other issues”reported the prefect of the Dicastery of Faith, the Argentine cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández.
Surrogate motherhood
The statement points out that surrogacy violates the dignity of both the surrogate mother and the child, and recalls that Francis in January called it “despicable” and urged a global ban.
Regarding surrogacy, he points out that the child becomes a mere “object” and violates, at the same time, the dignity of the woman herself.
“With this practice, the woman separates herself from the child that grows in her and becomes a mere means at the service of the benefit or arbitrary desire of others. This is totally contrary to the fundamental dignity of every human being,” he criticizes. .
Gender identity
On gender identity, the statement said that “desiring personal self-determination, as prescribed by gender theory, apart from this fundamental truth that human life is a gift, amounts to a concession to the old temptation to become God, entering into competition with the true God of love who reveals the Gospel to us”.
For the first time in such a specific way, The Vatican vehemently denounces the “gender theory”which Francis calls “very dangerous ideological colonization.”
Gender theory, often called gender ideology by its detractors, suggests that gender is more complex and fluid than the binary categories of male and female, and depends on more than just visible sexual characteristics.
Pope Francis spoke regarding the violence in Rosario and denounced “complicity of political, judicial and economic power”
“Any sex change intervention runs the riskgenerally, of threatening the unique dignity that a person receives at the moment of conception,” the document states.
It recognized that some people can undergo surgical interventions to resolve “genital anomalies”, but he stressed that “a medical procedure of this type would not constitute a sex change in the sense intended here.”
At the same time, the text also denounced as contrary to human dignity the fact that “in some places, not a few people are imprisoned, tortured and even deprived of the good of life solely because of their sexual orientation.”
Besides, The declaration reiterates the Vatican’s permanent condemnation of abortion, euthanasia and the death penaltyciting Francis, his predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II and previous Vatican documents.
Digital violence
The document also refers to digital violence and how easy it is to “jeopardize the good reputation of any person with fake news and slander.”
Thus, he points out that the digital environment “It is also a territory of loneliness, manipulation, exploitation and violence, until reaching the extreme case of the dark web.”
Along with this, it points out new forms of violence on social networks, such as cyberbullying. “The web is also a channel for the dissemination of pornography and the exploitation of people for sexual purposes or through gambling,” she warns.
In ‘Infinite dignity‘ is also condemned “moral relativism” and appeal to “peaceful coexistence”quoting Benedict XVI, to emphasize that it is “the origin of the division and denial of the dignity of human beings.”
In this way, he attacks the concept of “abstract freedom, free of any conditioning, context or limit.”
He also mentioned sexual abuse as a threat to human dignity – calling it “pervasive in society”, including within the Catholic Church – as well as violence once morest women, cyberbullying and other forms of online abuse.
Homosexuality, femicide, abortion and polygamy
Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has insisted on the importance of a Church open to all, including LGBT+ faithful, but his efforts have met with strong resistance.
“Little is said regarding this violation of human rights (…) and it is painful that some Catholics defend these unjust laws,” lamented at a press conference the prefect of the Dicastery, Víctor Manuel Fernández, close to the pope and signatory of the text.
A part is also dedicated to sexist violence, stating that “it will never be condemned enough.”
“In some countries, inequalities between women and men are very serious and even in the most developed and democratic countries, the concrete social reality testifies that women are often not recognized with the same dignity as men,” the document says.
Femicide, abortion and polygamy are part of this violenceaccording to the Vatican in the statement.
“How can we not mention the coercion of abortion, which affects both mother and child, so often to satisfy the selfishness of men? And how can we not also mention the practice of polygamy, which is contrary to the equal dignity of women and men and is also contrary to conjugal love, which is unique and exclusive? In this horizon of violence once morest women, the phenomenon of feminicide will never be sufficiently condemned,” he assures.
In this sense, it warns that the perception of the seriousness of abortion has gone “progressively weakening in the consciousness of many”.
“The acceptance of abortion in the mentality, in customs and in the law itself is an obvious sign of a very dangerous crisis of the moral sense, which is increasingly incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, even when the right is at stake. fundamental to life,” says the text, which rejects the use of “ambiguous terminology,” such as “interruption of pregnancy.”
Regarding the end of life, the Church reiterates its firm opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide, while calling for appropriate palliative care, avoiding any harsh therapeutic treatment or disproportionate intervention.
“Helping a suicide to take his own life is an objective offense once morest the dignity of the person who asks for it.”even if his wish was fulfilled,” reflects the Vatican.
Questioned regarding the doctrine of the Church, which always considers homosexual acts as “intrinsically disordered”, he considered that “other more suitable words might be found”, at the same time that he considered himself in favor of the decriminalization of homosexuality.
Before the press, Monsignor Fernández responded to the growing attacks that accuse him of betraying Catholic doctrine and said that he hopes that this new text will have the same success as “Begging for Confidence“, consulted according to him 7,000 million times online.
Several Catholic LGBT associations in Italy and abroad were disappointed by this new text, considering that it affects the image and rights of transgender people.
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