Vatican slams sex changes and gender ideology for hurting a person's 'infinite ... trends now
The Vatican in a long-awaited ruling on Monday said it opposed sex changes and radical gender theory, in a rare ruling under Pope Francis to align with religious conservatives.
The Vatican's doctrinal office (DDF) released the 'Dignitas infinita' declaration, about 'Infinite dignity,' which also makes a case against surrogate parenthood, abortions, and euthanasia.
It follows fierce conservative pushback, especially in Africa, against the Church's radical decision in December to let Catholic priests bless same-sex couples.
There is no suggestion that the new text was prepared in direct response to the rows over same-sex blessings, as it has been five years in the making.
Many conservatives have complained about Pope Francis' liberal direction for the Church
A female-to-male trans activist with breast-removal scars that the Church now calls an affront to 'infinite dignity'
But it has undergone extensive revisions over the period.
Pope Francis approved it after requesting that it also mention 'poverty, the situation of migrants, violence against women, human trafficking, war, and other themes,' said DDF boss Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez.
The declaration said gender theory is at odds with Catholic teaching.
It denounces attempts to obscure the 'sexual difference between man and woman.'
'Desiring a personal self-determination, as gender theory prescribes … amounts to a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God,' says the text.
This amounts to 'entering into competition with
