"Vatican Warns Against Gender Fluidity and Surrogacy as Threats to Human Dignity"

The Vatican released a new declaration, Dignitas infinita, which criticizes gender fluidity as a temptation to make oneself God and opposes gender reassignment surgery, while distinguishing it from procedures for genital abnormalities. It also condemns surrogacy as a violation of women's and children's dignity, reaffirms its stance on abortion and euthanasia, and denounces violence against women. The document, approved by Pope Francis, also addresses issues such as poverty, migrants, and homosexuality, with the Vatican's doctrinal office including these themes in its assessment of threats to human dignity.