[Catholic Caucus] Questions Linger on Cardinal Fernandez’s ‘Sex Change’ Remarks

National Catholic Register ^ | April 10, 2025 | Edward Pentin

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[Catholic Caucus] Questions Linger on Cardinal Fernandez’s ‘Sex Change’ Remarks

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has not addressed concerns that his recent remarks may contradict the Church’s moral teaching on bodily integrity.

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, who recently appeared to some observers to support “sex change” surgery in especially difficult cases, has not responded to questions aimed at clarifying his comments.

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Some observers took his comments to be a contradiction of the DDF’s 2024 declaration Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity). That document, which underlined the inherent and inalienable dignity of every person created in the image and likeness of God, was absolute in its rejection of “sex change” surgery, saying that “as a rule,” it “risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception.”

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Grabowski pointed out that “the most reliable, long-term studies we have” show that the suicide rate is “markedly higher” for people who undergo such medical transitioning (19 times higher than the population as a whole, according to a 2011 study). They are also “left scarred, infertile, permanently medicalized, and facing a whole new set of physical problems and challenges,” he said, with many finding themselves “dealing with the same psychological issues” that drove them to seek such surgery in the first place. 

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