Pope Francis called this Monday for the universal ban on surrogacy, a “deplorable” practice that, in his opinion, “seriously offends the dignity of women and children” and “is based on the exploitation of the situation of need.” mother material.”
“A child is always a gift and never the object of a contract,” the Pontiff assured during his traditional speech before the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. It was during this message in which, reviewing all the facts that he believes threaten global security and human dignity, he explained that the path to peace involves “respect for life,” including that of “the unborn child.” the maternal womb, which cannot be suppressed or converted into a commercial product.”
“I call for the international community to commit to universally prohibiting this practice,” the Argentine Pope insisted. At every moment of its existence, human life must be preserved and protected, although I note, with regret, especially in the West, the persistent spread of a culture of death that, in the name of false compassion, discards children, the elderly and the sick."
It is not the first time that Jorge Mario Bergoglio raises his voice against surrogacy. He recently defined it as an "inhumane" practice, despite the fact that the Vatican recently gave the green light for homosexual couples to baptize their children born this way if there is "a well-founded hope that they will be educated in the Catholic religion."
Furthermore, Francisco has criticized the “gender theory”, which he sees as “extremely dangerous because it erases the differences in its claim to make everyone equal.” The Pontiff believes that it is an example of “ideological colonizations” that “cause wounds and divisions between States, instead of favoring the construction of peace.”
In the meeting, the first of 2024 with the 184 ambassadors to the Holy See, Francis reviewed the various sources of tension in the world and once again condemned the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, warning that the indiscriminate killings of civilians constitute a war crime because they violate international humanitarian law. The Pope has maintained that, “in a context in which a distinction between military and civilian objectives no longer seems to be observed, there is no conflict that does not end in some way by indiscriminately hitting the civilian population.” And he has insisted: “The events in Ukraine and Gaza are clear proof of this.”
