Dignitas Infinita, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in April, addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human trafficking, and war. It states that the Church addresses these concerns in the realm of human dignity “with hope, confident of the power that flows from the risen Christ, who has fully revealed the integral dignity of every man and woman.”

Bishop Robert Barron, head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, in his opening remarks said the teachings in Dignitas Infinita could serve as an antidote to the societal ills experienced in the United States today.