The Vatican has issued a strong warning against “gender theory” and said that any gender-affirming surgery risks threatening “the unique dignity” of a person, in a new document signed off ...

The document, which has been in the works for five years and the final version of which was approved by Pope Francis last month, quotes ... human dignity, saying this dignity “belongs to the ...

As part of a larger conversation about the role of religion in modern politics and society, Father James Martin discusses Pope Leo's approach to immigration. Then Father Martin reflects on his own ...

The document goes on to say that this dignity is inalienable, beyond any circumstance or situation the person might encounter. Simply put, because a person exists, a human has intrinsic dignity.

Riding's ministry is on the border, working with migrants. "Everything pointed down to the dignity of the human person," he said. “In my whole ministry, I've seen the beauty of people.” ...

It’s also a case for the dignity of the human person beyond death and a call to keep the dead ... the 131-acre landmass in the Long Island Sound that carries the stigma of a biblical potter’s field, ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks to reporters at the Vatican in this file photo from Sept. 19, 2024.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 09:15 am. The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender ...

Not all Catholics have agreed with the Vatican criticisms of gender theory. One Catholic LGBTQ+ group described a 2019 document from the Vatican’s education office on gender identity as a ...