“Dignitas Infinita” Needed Some “Familiaris Consortio”, by Daniel B. Gallagher

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic World Report, April 18, 2024

Daniel B. Gallagher is a Lecturer in Literature and Philosophy at Ralston College.

How can a magisterial document with a subheading consisting of three short paragraphs dedicated to the “relational structure of the human person” not even mention the family?

The expressed intent of the recent declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is to “illuminate different facets of human dignity that might be obscured in many people’s consciousness” (Dignitas Infinita, Presentation). To the extent that the Declaration—though not intended to be comprehensive—selects topics that are indeed heavily “obscured” today, it succeeds.

But it falls disappointingly short of illuminating them in an integral and wholistic way. …..

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