2024
Holy See teaching in Dignitas Infinita rejects gender theory and sex-change interventions.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsRestricted
Restricted: Dignitas Infinita §§55–60 rejects gender theory and sex-change interventions. Disorders of sex development (DSD) correction is named separately.
Vatican.va — Dignitas Infinita §§55–60
Schools — curriculumSchools restriction
Restriction — Dignitas Infinita §§55–59 rejects gender theory, including how children should be raised.
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith — Dignitas Infinita (2 April 2024)
Key dates2024
2024: Restricted: Dignitas Infinita §§55–60 rejects gender theory and sex-change interventions. Disorders of sex development (DSD) correction is named separately.
Vatican.va — Dignitas Infinita §§55–60
Official sources
Europe. Holy See teaching against gender theory and sex-change interventions.
Full official record
Dignitas Infinita §§55–60 (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2 April 2024) rejects gender theory and says a sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks the dignity of the person. The same paragraphs set aside medical help for genital abnormalities already evident at birth or that develop later — disorders of sex development, not a transgender pathway.
Schools detail
The same Holy See declaration rejects gender theory that treats male and female as a difference to be cancelled. That teaching governs Catholic education in Vatican City and tells schools not to present sex as a changeable personal choice.