The Vatican has declared that gender-related surgeries and surrogacy are grave violations of human dignity.
<p>VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-related surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said&#x
 But its message was also consistent with the Argentine Jesuit's long-standing belief that while transgender people should be welcomed in the church, &quot;gender ideologies&quot; should not.
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