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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Vatican calls gender fluidity and surrogacy threats to human dignity

The cardinal holds up the 20-page document with a green cover
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández presents the new Infinite Dignity declaration during a press conference at the Vatican on Monday. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

The Vatican has described the belief in gender fluidity as “a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God”, as it released an updated declaration of what the Catholic church regards as threats to human dignity.

The new Dignitas infinita (Infinite Dignity) declaration released by the Vatican’s doctrinal office on Monday after five years in the making reiterates Pope Francis’s previous criticism of what he has called an “ugly ideology of our time”.

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