Most obviously, “Dignitas Infinita” seeks to bolster the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose limited and uneven implementation Pope Francis has often lamented.

Notably, Dignitas Infinita did not include some controversial passages that were reported to be in a 2018 Vatican draft of the text, such as language that said one’s sexual identity is ...

Dignitas Infinita treats such matters in brief, taking its lead from the teaching of Vatican II in Gaudium et Spes, which considers “offenses against human dignity” — a list which includes ...

Dignitas Infinita, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's recent document on human dignity, has provoked a variety of responses, very few of which reflect the kind of engagement with the ...

Second, let its coherence be a call to conversion. “Dignitas Infinita” presents human dignity as incomparable and unconditional, and thus the basis for true human freedom.

Pope Francis championed human dignity as non-negotiable, offering a moral and psychological defense against gaslighting, ...

Dignitas Infinita exhorts us to think carefully about what we mean when we talk about “rights”, and affirms that only natural human rights can be said to always exist for all people in all ...

The declaration, titled Dignitas Infinita, which means “infinite dignity,” states that the Church highlights these concerns “with hope, confident of the power that flows from the risen ...

Dignitas Infinita, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in April, addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, and surrogacy. Monday, June 30, 2025.

Dignitas Infinita offers insight into the Catholic Church's perspective on more than 14 key ethical issues the Vatican believes require more intense consideration from society.

“Dignitas Infinita,” or “Infinite Dignity,” clarifies church teaching that promotes the dignity of all people and the protection of life from its earliest stages through death.

As Dignitas Infinita makes clear, the Vatican has been sounding the alarm about “gender” for quite some time. The Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for the Family coined the phrase “gender ideology ...