“Dignitas Infinita, while often clear-sighted and practical in the best traditions of Catholic theology, fails to apprehend even the basic situation of transgender people and therefore provides no useful intellectual or moral guidance either for transgender Catholics or for their families, friends, and colleagues,” writes Daniel Walden in a critique of the declaration published by Commonweal.| New Ways Ministry
Dignitas Infinita’s statements should be read as “boundaries, warning signals, and challenges for moralists and public-policy leaders” rather than as pastoral guidelines, writes Cathleen Kaveny in a recent essay on the Vatican declaration.| New Ways Ministry
The Vatican needed more “flesh and blood” in its recent instruction on human dignity.| New Ways Ministry