Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory

The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said reject God’s plan for human life.

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[scoleman]

I love how the video on the Channel that YouTube shows me on the news has free speech to state the Catholic Church’s view but if I say the same thing thing in the comments YouTube gives me a hate speech comment popup.someone might want to let the people at YouTube know stating facts is not hate speech

[cathyshappyr]

Leave kids alone, until they're old enough to know better, Besides Sin is Sin.

[candykane]

Sometimes the Vatican is on the right side of history.

[MichaelMike-obgb]

Let us who are decent, continue to support each other in sanity and common sense.

[patrickfuller]

Finally something from the Pope that fits his so called religious beliefs.

[shane]

Common sense from the pope how refreshing to hear

[MicahSps]

Well, if anyone knows about the violations of human dignity, it's the catholic church.

[SergioRamos-lzql]

When will they speak so loud about pedophile priests?

[pacoflores]

I’m surprised, I thought they were becoming woke.

[postulatingspin]

If only they would have spoken up against the Nazi’s and Joseph Mengala.

[WUStLBear]

Elderly men who wear frilly frocks should probably not be judging.

[neuroticnation]

They don’t have a great track record, why should we care what they think?

[Jehoshua.J.A.K.]

In layman's terms, "We love you unconditionally but we are not going to pretend."

[thelestrangelair]

Gender is real and cannot be changed. Glad the church is stating the obvious.

[semproblemas]

If the Vatican did what Jesus preached they would owe trillions in past due taxes and interest.

[walterconcrete]

Did they say anything about pedophilia or reparations for twentieth century slavery and, damn, what do you call stealing someone’s child; selling it and making the mother work off the church’s “expenses”?

[ZerFuXGivn]

Well their opinion has been noted, meanwhile life goes on for the rest of us.

[Fonoyb]

The Pope needs to weed out its own members from all the damage they continue to do before they judge anyone else.

[conniejenni]

When I got married to a Catholic. We had to go to a couples retreat for Catholic weekend with lead couple. They had their children thru IVF, but then told us we can't use birth control because "God doesn't want us to mess with that part of our lives" Hypocrisy is the fundamental foundation of ALL religion.

[meowser]

Surrogacy is evil? But kids being raised by a mom that don't want them isn't?