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 ...

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.

Dignitas Infinita opens with a careful description of how the document was developed. Drafted and approved by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith prior to Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández ...

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 ...

Dignitas Infinita, Latin for "Infinite Dignity," was released on Monday after more than five years in development by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) and focuses on threats to ...

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.

The release of “Dignitas Infinita” comes amid a larger political, cultural, and social discourse about trans rights and medical care, including a recent UK report on the subject.

“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 ...