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Pope calls for promoting, protecting human dignity

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

When the body is reduced to being "an object" that can be "disposed of arbitrarily," that is always a denial of the dignity of the person," the pope said. The post Pope calls for promoting, protecting human dignity first appeared on OSV News.

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