Dignitas Infinita: contemporary threats to human dignity
On 8 April 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the document Dignitas Infinita on contemporary threats to human dignity.
Roman Catholic Church miscellaneous
COMECE issues statement ahead of EP vote on the inclusion of abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Ahead of the vote by the European Parliament on the Resolution for the ‘Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’ (2024/2655 RSP), scheduled for Thursday, 11 April 2024, the Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has issued the following statement.
“Celebrating ability: investing in and accompanying children and adults with Down syndrome and their families”
On 21 March 2024, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations held a side event together with the Center for Family and Human Rights entitled “Celebrating Ability: Investing in and Accompanying Children and Adults with Down Syndrome and their Families,” at UN Headquarters in New York during the Commission on the Status of Women.
PAV and France: abortion cannot be a right
The Pontifical Academy for Life supports the position of the French bishops: abortion cannot be a right.
Vatican: transsexuals can be baptised
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has confirmed, that transgender people or people born through surrogacy can be baptised, provided no scandal or confusion is caused as a result.
COMECE: concerns about draft on substances of human origin
COMECE and KBB are jointly releasing a statement expressing their deep concerns about the draft of the European Parliament’s position on the SoHO Regulation.
COMECE on the “ethical indefensibility” of an EU fundamental right to abortion
COMECE states that abortion cannot be an EU fundamental right.
Joint statement of Jews and Catholics on end-of-life issues
Jewish and Catholic approaches to the terminally ill: the Prohibited, the Permitted and the Obligatory.
PAV: Press office statement on abortion
Statement of the Pontifical Academy for Life on wrong interpretation of mgr. Paglia’s words on abortion.
COMECE on EP resolution on abortion: “no to higher ideological barriers and polarization, we must work for more unity among Europeans”
In a statement released on Friday 8 July 2022, Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), regrets the adoption of a new resolution on abortion by the European Parliament. “We must work for more unity among Europeans, not to create higher ideological barriers and polarization”.