Gender-affirming surgery threatens dignity of a person – Pope Francis warns

The Vatican has issued a strong warning against “gender theory” and said that any gender-affirming surgery risks threatening “the unique dignity” of a person, in a new document signed off and approved by Pope Francis. Titled “Dignitas Inifinita” (Infinite Dignity) the declaration focuses on what it describes as a range of threats to human dignity,…

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Bizarre? The Wodaabe Wife Stealing Festival

The Wife Stealing Festival, also known as the Gerewol Festival is an annual courtship ritual competition among the semi-nomadic Wodaabe Fula tribe of Niger and Chad. In preparation for the Gerewol festival, the men dress elaborately, wear colourful make-up and they also wear white ostrich feathers in their hair making them appear taller. It takes…

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