Echoing comments made by Pope Leo in his address to the diplomatic corps (CWN analysis), the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations denounced surrogacy as a “new form of colonialism” and said that the practice is contrary to human dignity because it commodifies the human person.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher made his remarks in a public conversation with Eugenia Maria Roccella, Italy’s Minister for Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities. The conversation took place on January 13 in the Italian Embassy to the Holy See.