Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, holds up a copy of the dicastery's declaration, "Dignitas Infinita,” during a news conference at the Vatican ...

(RNS) — Tackling matters that are the topic of political debates today, the document drew more controversy than intended. (RNS) — Many people, and not only Catholics, are talking about the new Vatican ...

Most humans are intuitively attracted to the idea of dignity. We want to claim it and to have it. We also tend to misinterpret it. We have confused it with earned respect. 1 We have confused it with ...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, right, receives his red biretta from Pope Francis as he is elevated in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on ...

The Holy Father said rapid technological developments have profoundly shaped how society understands what it means to be human in our world today. “To the beloved people of Nicaragua: I encourage you ...

When he was elected pope on May 8, 2025, Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, greeted the crowd with Christ’s words to ...

Erick Ramirez is assistant professor of philosophy at Santa Clara University and faculty scholar with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. The concept of human dignity—the idea ...

The tragedy of gun violence is not merely a 30-second news headline nor a blip in our otherwise mindless media algorithms. It haunts me, my community, and so many more since. What does it mean that we ...

It's been 25 years since I moved to the United Kingdom. On a recent visit to my home state of Goa in western India, I talked with our gardener, who had migrated to Goa from Bihar in northern India ...

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