Dignitas Infinita, or “Infinite Dignity,” speaks of many things including market economics, poverty, the death penalty, war and terrorism, migrants, violence against women, euthanasia and assisted suicide, abortion, the environment and social media. But all the Times, the Post, and the AP
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board responds to the new Vatican document, Dignitas Infinita, or “Infinite Dignity,” that was released on April 8. They write: “In a world where fundamental ideas about the human person are being challenged by technological advances and
A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key -- and contentious -- issues.
"Dignitas Infinita" ("Infinite Dignity"), released April 8 by the Vatican's Dicastery for the
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis' decade-long insistence that every human being -- independent of their circumstances, stage of development or state of sin -- possesses infinite and inalienable dignity that must be
The Vatican press office announced that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith's declaration on human dignity, said to include a faith-based critique of "gender ideologies" and surrogacy, will be released April 8.
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the dicastery, and Msgr.
The Catholic Church says in Unam Sanctum (A.D. 1302), “Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” But Lumen Gentium (A.D. 1963) says, “Those also can
Catholics should make an "examination of conscience" about how they use social media, how they allow it to influence them and about the opportunities it provides them to share the Gospel, build community and care for others, said the Vatican Dicastery for
As David Werning concludes his series on the Church’s most important documents of the past 150 years, he writes on Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, in which the pope makes an appeal to every person living on Earth to join the conversation
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Evangelium Vitae, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical that proclaims the sanctity of life and offers a background in building a culture of life. David Werning shares: “Ultimately, we
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Veritatis Splendor, the encyclical of Pope St. John Paul II that offers a “profound meditation on the Church’s moral teaching, which is based in truth, the source of which