Pope Francis has denounced abortions and the carrying of children by surrogate mothers as grave offences against human dignity. In a declaration of principles published by the Vatican on Monday, the head of the Catholic Church also described gender reassignment and "gender theory" as offences against what he said was the God-given dignity of human beings. A human being - whether unborn or not - is always something sacred and inviolable, according to the document. The termination of a pregnancy m