‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the Roots of Human Dignity
COMMENTARY: The exploration of what dignity means in different contexts will open new avenues for discussion, apologetics and evangelization.
Results from Tag: 'catholic teaching on dignity of the human person'
New Vatican Document Highlights Church’s ‘Ever-Greater Understanding of Human Dignity’
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said that the latest Vatican document is as much a reflection of Pope Francis’ pastoral thinking as it is a summary of the Church’s magisterial teaching that ‘the dignity of every human being prevails beyond all circumstances.’
You Are More Important Than You Think
COMMENTARY: ‘Man alone is called to share, by knowledge and love, in God’s own life ... This is the fundamental reason for his dignity. Being in the image of God, the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone.” (CCC 356)
What Is the Catholic Church’s Position on IVF?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that IVF is ‘morally unacceptable’ because it separates the marriage act from procreation and establishes ‘the domination of technology’ over human life.
Catholic Hospital Under Fire for Naming Euthanasia Provider as Palliative Care Director
One of the principal arguments the Canadian bishops have made in the end-of-life debates is that Canada needs a well-funded and regionally equitable palliative care system.
Bioethicist Luke Gormally: The ‘Gentle Giant’ Who Stood Up Against the Culture of Death
Gormally, who died at the end of April, was a towering pro-life figure in the English-speaking world for over half a century.
Cardinal Ladaria: Truth About Humanity and Sexuality Doesn’t Change Because of Changes in Ideology
Jesuit Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the opening remarks at a May 19-20 congress on ‘Humanae Vitae,’ the 1968 landmark encyclical from St. Paul VI.
‘It Is a Wonderful Time to Be Christians in Hungary,’ Says Prominent Dominican Nun
Sister Laura Baritz, a leading Catholic figure in Hungary who left a successful career at Pepsi to embrace religious life, discusses the situation of Christians in her country and her mission of promoting more human-centered economic systems.
The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: The Church first condemned the concepts behind this doctrine in a document written by Pope Paul III in 1537. So why is its repudiation still an issue today?
An American Leftist Gets Elected in Italy
COMMENTARY: What Elly Schlein’s ascendancy says about our current political moment.
