41. Human trafficking must also be counted among the grave violations of human dignity.[77]
Most certainly. Pope Francis by fostering mass illegal immigration from Muslim countries into Europe has, unwittingly, greatly fostered and expanded this vile trade.
42. For these reasons, the Church and humanity must not cease fighting against such phenomena as “the marketing of human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of boys and girls, slave labor, including prostitution, the drug and weapons trade, terrorism, and international organized crime.
Well, duh. Less cynically there are powerful, well funded groups and individuals who view human beings only as commodities. Slavery never goes away forever. It reappears under new guises and new names.
43. The profound dignity inherent in human beings in their entirety of mind and body also allows us to understand why all sexual abuse leaves deep scars in the hearts of those who suffer it.
Doubtless Rupnik can explain to the Holy Father all about it.
44. Violence against women is a global scandal that is gaining increasing recognition.
Rupnik should perhaps be on speed dial with the Pope.
45. He also recalled that “the time has come to condemn vigorously the types of sexual violence which frequently have women for their object and to pass laws which effectively defend them from such violence.
Perhaps Rupnik can suggest new legislation?
46. In this consideration of violence against women, one cannot condemn enough the phenomenon of femicide.
Given a new lease on “life” through genetic testing followed by abortion: search and destroy missions.
47. On account of the intangible value of human life, the Church’s magisterium has always spoken out against abortion.
Nothing wrong with this paragraph. It is tragic that the Pope’s words against abortion are constantly belied by his actions.
48. The Church also takes a stand against the practice of surrogacy, through which the immensely worthy child becomes a mere object.
Correct. Treating people as a commodity.
49. First and foremost, the practice of surrogacy violates the dignity of the child. Indeed, every child possesses an intangible dignity that is clearly expressed—albeit in a unique and differentiated way—at every stage of his or her life: from the moment of conception, at birth, growing up as a boy or girl, and becoming an adult. Because of this unalienable dignity, the child has the right to have a fully human (and not artificially induced) origin and to receive the gift of a life that manifests both the dignity of the giver and that of the receiver. Moreover, acknowledging the dignity of the human person also entails recognizing every dimension of the dignity of the conjugal union and of human procreation. Considering this, the legitimate desire to have a child cannot be transformed into a “right to a child” that fails to respect the dignity of that child as the recipient of the gift of life.[93]
Well said.
50. Surrogacy also violates the dignity of the woman, whether she is coerced into it or chooses to subject herself to it freely. For, in this practice, the woman is detached from the child growing in her and becomes a mere means subservient to the arbitrary gain or desire of others. This contrasts in every way with the fundamental dignity of every human being and with each person’s right to be recognized always individually and never as an instrument for another.
Also well said. In many cases this really comes down to child buying
More tomorrow. Go here to read the passages summarized.
. . . “the marketing of human organs and tissues,”
It is unfortunate that the fetal cell lines used to produce and/test vaccines are not counted among this travesty.
Dignitas Infinita treats the person as inconsequential. Yet, without the sovereign person, the gift of dignity cannot exist.The individual sovereign person makes dignity real.