{"id":2215504,"date":"2024-04-08T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vatican-clarifies-opposition-to-radical-gender-theory-says-it-threatens-a-persons-unique-dignity\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:49:04","slug":"vatican-clarifies-opposition-to-radical-gender-theory-says-it-threatens-a-persons-unique-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vatican-clarifies-opposition-to-radical-gender-theory-says-it-threatens-a-persons-unique-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican reiterates stance against radical gender theory, citing threat to individual dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvatican-clarifies-opposition-to-radical-gender-theory-says-it-threatens-a-persons-unique-dignity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200d Vatican reasserted\u2064 its stance against radical gender \u2062theory in a newly published \u2063document, &#8220;Infinite \u200cDignity.&#8221; The document, signed by\u2062 Pope Francis, highlights\u200d the threats posed\u2063 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sophia-bush-not-allowing-kids-sex-changes-tantamount-to-murder\/\" title=\"Actress Sophia Bush: Not Allowing Kids Sex Changes \u2018Tantamount To Murder\u2019\">sex change procedures<\/a> to individual dignity. It emphasizes the divine gift of human\u2064 life and warns\u200b against attempts to redefine gender. The Vatican also opposes surrogacy, abortion, and euthanasia. Pope Francis advocates\u200d for a universal \u200bban on surrogacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The Vatican reaffirmed the Catholic Church\u2019s opposition to radical gender theory in a new document published Monday, saying sex change procedures threaten the \u201cunique dignity\u201d of a person.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2024\/04\/08\/240408c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a>, \u201cDignitas Infinita\u201d or \u201cInfinite Dignity,\u201d was signed by Pope Francis and warns against \u201cthe age-old temptation to make oneself God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding gender theory, whose scientific coherence is the subject of considerable debate among experts, the Church recalls that human life in all its dimensions, both physical and spiritual, is a gift from God,\u201d the Vatican document reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesiring a personal self-determination, as gender theory prescribes, apart from this fundamental truth that human life is a gift, amounts to a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God, entering into competition with the true God of love revealed to us in the Gospel,\u201d the document says.<\/p>\n<p>Biological sex and gender \u2014 \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hbos-the-last-of-us-actress-bella-ramsey-buys-into-false-gender-ideology-i-guess-my-gender-has-always-been-very-fluid\/\" title=\"HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d Actress Bella Ramsey Buys Into False Gender Ideology: \u201cI Guess My Gender Has Always Been Very Fluid\u201d\">socio-cultural role<\/a> of sex\u201d \u2014 can be \u201cdistinguished but not separated,\u201d the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>Radical gender theory is also problematic because it denies sexual difference, which threatens the family, the Vatican continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the male-female couple, this difference achieves the most marvelous of reciprocities,\u201d the document reads. \u201cIt thus becomes the source of that miracle that never ceases to surprise us: the arrival of new human beings in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly by acknowledging and accepting this difference in reciprocity can each person fully discover themselves, their dignity, and their identity,\u201d the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u201cunacceptable\u201d that gender theory asserts itself as \u201cabsolute and unquestionable, even dictating how children should be raised,\u201d the document says.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/men-keep-committing-heinous-crimes-then-identifying-as-women-after-being-arrested-the-media-is-playing-along\/\" title=\"Men Keep Committing Heinous Crimes, Then Identifying As Women After Being Arrested. The Media Is Playing Along\">medical sex change procedures<\/a>, the Vatican reminded readers of the Church\u2019s position that \u201chumans are inseparably composed of both body and soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are called to protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place, accepting it and respecting it as it was created,\u201d the Vatican said. \u201cIt follows that any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document also reaffirms the Church\u2019s opposition to surrogacy, abortion, and euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>Surrogacy, in which a woman carries an unborn child for someone else, turns an \u201cimmensely worthy child\u201d into a \u201cmere object,\u201d the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has previously called for a universal ban on surrogacy.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s document comes after a Vatican document released in November resulted in significant confusion around the Catholic Church\u2019s position on trans-identifying people.<\/p>\n<p>The November document intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/people-who-got-transgender-surgery-can-be-baptized-and-be-godparents-under-certain-conditions-vatican-clarifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarify<\/a> that people who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-states-with-restrictions-on-medical-child-sex-changes\/\" title=\"Here Are The States With Restrictions On Medical Child Sex Changes\">received gender surgery<\/a> or hormone treatment can be baptized and be godparents under certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A person who has received gender surgery or hormone treatment can be baptized \u201cunder the same conditions as other believers,\u201d the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>On the godparent issue, the Vatican said that people who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-who-got-transgender-surgery-can-be-baptized-and-be-godparents-under-certain-conditions-vatican-clarifies\/\" title=\"People Who Got Transgender Surgery Can Be Baptized And Be Godparents Under Certain Conditions, Vatican Clarifies\">undergone transgender medical treatment<\/a> can serve as godparents, but \u201cpastoral prudence demands that it not be permitted if there is a risk of scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there has been much speculation about whether Pope Francis would change the Catholic Church\u2019s approach to LGBT people.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.com\/magazine\/online-edition\/does-doctrine-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never changes<\/a> its official doctrine, although it often clarifies particular points.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender medical interventions such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries like genital surgeries and double mastectomies have exploded in popularity in the last few years, first in Europe and, more recently, in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries have begun to curb these transgender medical interventions for children, more and more of whom are seeking them out.<\/p>\n<p>At least 24 U.S. states have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sacramento-declares-itself-sanctuary-city-for-trans-identifying-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cracked<\/a> down on these medical interventions for minors.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vatican restated its stance against radical gender theory in a new document released on Monday. The document, titled \u201cDignitas Infinita,\u201d signed by Pope Francis, cautions against dangers to individual dignity posed by sex change procedures and warns of the temptation to elevate oneself to a godlike status<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2215505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-619464578.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-619464578.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}