Pope Francis called for a universal ban on parenting through surrogacy, calling the act “deplorable” and a violation of the dignity of the woman and the child.
“I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs,” he said.
“Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally.”
Francis made the remarks in a 45-minute address to diplomats, sometimes referred to as his “state of the world” speech.
The Pope, who leads the world’s more than 1.35 billion Catholics, also reaffirmed the Vatican’s condemnation of gender theory.
He called the theory “extremely dangerous since it cancels differences in its claim to make everyone equal.”
From Newsmax:
In Italy, the country that surrounds the Vatican, surrogacy is illegal, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition ruling is pushing through parliament a law that would extend the existing ban to punish couples who go abroad to carry out the procedure.
