Dignitas Infinita

Cardinal Fernández Now Claims Gender Mutilation Okay In ‘Severe Dysphoria’ Cases
In a striking departure from established Church teaching, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has signaled that sex “change” surgeries may be morally acceptable under certain conditions. Cardinal Fernández, the prefect of ...

The Long Term Ramifications of Dignitas Infinita?
As readers are aware, last month Dignitas infinita was published. I do not wish to enter into a systematic critique, which Edward Feser, Jeanne Smits, and Peter Kwasniewski have already ...

Fr. Joachim Heimerl: Dignitas Infinita a ‘Faithless’ Document with Little to Say About Salvation
Cardinal Robert Sarah recently caused a stir when he spoke of the “atheism” that is spreading in the Church. He was by no means referring to the neo-pagan periphery in ...

Dignitas Infinita Promotes an Ill-Defined Dignity
On April 8, 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published the declaration Dignitas infinita (On Human Dignity), approved by Pope Francis on March 25. The first ...

Diane Montagna Interviews Edward Feser on ‘Dignitas infinita’
DIANE MONTAGNA (DM): Dignitas infinita opens by asserting that: “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every ...

Pope Tells Dissident Nun: Trans People ‘Must be Accepted’
Pope Francis has said transgender people must be “accepted and integrated into society” in a private letter to the founder of a dissident Catholic ministry. The letter was addressed to ...

WATCH: To Infinitas and Beyond!
The conversation discusses the document Dignitas Infanata issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in the Catholic Church, which addresses transgender theory. The hosts express frustration ...

Dignitas Infinita’s Whistling in the Dark
Various commentaries I have read so far about the latest declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith have been marked by a kind of relief. Some feared ...

Dignitas Infinita Needed Some Familiaris Consortio
The expressed intent of the recent declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is to “illuminate different facets of human dignity that might be obscured in many ...

Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man
In this current age of mass media and constant Internet access, the process of theological reception can oftentimes be rushed and clumsy. The race is on, as it were, to ...

‘Tucho’ Opens Up On His Disastrous Doctrinal Declarations
The Vatican press conference to introduce Dignitas Infinita was that rare thing in the history of Vatican press conferences – it was interesting. Not thanks to the document itself, which was a ...
LISTEN: Fr. Perricone and Fr. McTeigue Discuss on Dignitas Infinita
We welcome back Fr. John Perricone of Iona College to continue the discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What does Catholic tradition have to say about the true nature of human dignity? ...

Dignitas Infinita: Vatican’s New Word Salad Contains Broken Glass
Dignitas Infinita Claims Deportation Is Just as Evil as Slavery There’s a new document from the Vatican, called Dignitas Infinita. It claims that by virtue of being created in God’s ...

“Dignitas Infinita” as a Naturalistic Vision of Mankind
Following the presentation in Rome of the Declaration on Human Dignity, Dignitas infinita, the most frequent reactions, including in so-called conservative circles, are focused on its reminder of the prohibition ...

Dignitas Infinita: Do Humans Look Dignified to You?
There’s a new Vatican document which asserts that human beings, by their very nature, have something called “infinite dignity.” A conversation at the Vatican press conference when Dignitas Infinita was ...

Dignitas Infinita: Strengths and Ambiguities
The claim implicit in the title of the DDF’s recently published Declaration, Dignitas Infinita (DI), has generated considerable controversy. Do human beings have infinite dignity? Certainly, those who through baptism receive a share in the ...

Tucho Fernandez Strikes Again
“Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter” ...

Dignitas Infinita: Lowering the Bar
I see many commentators saying that because this document is not as bad as they thought, it is a relief. When did the bar for Church documents get so low? ...

The Diabolic Deception of Dignitas Infinita
On April 8, 2024, Cardinal Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández and his Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released their Declaration on Human Dignity, Dignitas Infinita. Although Catholics celebrated the ...

WATCH: Michael Hichborn on “Dignitas Infinita”
Does the new Vatican Document on Human Dignity conform to previous Catholic Teaching? Michael Hichborn of Lepanto Institute rejoins A Catholic Take to break down how "Dignitas Infinita" stacks up ...

Three Heresies in Dignitas Infinita?
Error #1: “The glorious Christ will judge by the love of neighbor that consists in ministering to the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the imprisoned, ...