Creation and the Order of Love, by Stephen P. White

Next week, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish a document titled Dignitas infinita. According to the prefect Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the text will include, “a strong criticism of moral questions such as sex-change surgery, surrogacy, and gender ideology.”

There’s no little consternation about the forthcoming document. The chaotic and confused rollout of Fiducia supplicans (on blessings for same-sex couples and couples in “irregular unions”) just before Christmas, including that document’s varied reception (or rejection, as the case may be) and the Vatican’s hurried attempts to clarify and qualify, did not bolster confidence in the DDF’s ability to handle divisive issues well. …