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And I think an organisation covering for pedophiles and murdering kids in their schools have no moral high ground and it is definitely unfit to lecture anyone on human dignity.

Eat a bag of dicks Francis

The Vatican said Pope Francis had approved the document, which also reaffirms its condemnation of surrogacy, saying the practice represents “a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child”.

“A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract,” the document says. “Every human life, beginning with that of the unborn child in its mother’s womb, cannot be suppressed, nor become an object of commodity.”

The ethical problems with surrogacy are real, but they're not about the child. They're about income inequality and putting adult women through a physically traumatic, dangerous, and possibly life-changing experience for money. If we were able to use artificial wombs for "surrogacy" (I know, it's technically not the same thing), I think people would see it as nothing but a new type of fertility medicine.

How about you work on your age-of-concent-fluidity problems first.

The Vatican is still covering up little boy rape, right?

I say diddling kids is a threat to human dignity.

idk, seems like forced birth and pedophilia are bigger threats to the dignity of the woman and the child than surrogacy

The Vatican has described the belief in gender fluidity as “a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God”

Better update the bible in English to refer to god as "they" instead of always using male pronouns, then.

Let this be a reminder to you that organized religion only accepts social progress when they get dragged to do it under risk of becoming irrelevant. This Pope's previous winks to the LGBT community were the bare minimum that the Catholic Church has to do in order to not to continue losing followers (and their wallets) in some countries such as Spain and Ireland. The moment a much less mainstream concept, such as gender fluidity, gets brought into the table, it's free game for them again.

Wouldn't depriving someone of their right to their preferred identity be considered a threat to human dignity?

Aaaaand…. Human dignity calls the Vatican archaic and obsolete.

Frank, if you want to find threats to human dignity, look at your child molesting priests and your bishops covering for them. Until then, you're in no place to judge.

Yes, because living your desires as your true self is no way to find dignity. And surrogacy?! Like…what.

Ah yes, recknognizing that human beings come in many different forms is the "threat to human dignity", and definitely not the practice of trying to aggressively (even violently) shoehorn others into neat, convenient categories. 🙄

Ah yes, it is uniquely dignified to hate your body and feel like an alien inside it.

The only threat to human dignity here is child-rapists being considered the experts on morality.

Conservatism is a vile plague and religion a tool of conservatism. There is no greater threat to humanity than conservative religious people.

there's the catholic church that I knew and hated.

I wonder why multiple adults beating the shit out of 6 year old me with yardsticks wasn't a threat to human dignity.

Letting people live the life they chose for themselves: unacceptable!

Forcing them to be unhappy and never find peace with themselves: just as god intended.

The woke pope got lame.

Fuck the vatican

Agreed. Being slightly less of an asshole than one”s predecessor is definitely not the same as being “cool”.

Boo!

Boo, again I say!

It makes life so much harder for Trans living in parts of the world where Catholicism is still relevant.

Get Fucked Pedo Leader!!!

LOL, every single surrogate I've ever met personally, with the exception of one, has been a staunch Christian.

Human dignity has been a nonarguement for 100,000 years

And thr vatican can fuck right off with their outdated world view.

Wonder why they’re losing so many followers