This week the Pope “deplored” the practice of surrogacy. He did not stir up trouble, but called on the “international community to commit” to a universal ban on surrogacy that “seriously undermines the dignity of women and children” and reiterated that “the unborn child at the mother’s breast cannot become a commercial product.” product.” Luckily, Francis waited until his speech at the beginning of the year to launch criticism from diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. If he goes a little further, Ana Obregón will be spoiled with exclusive information about the baptism of her granddaughter Anita. From the preserved semen of the artist’s deceased son, Álex Lecquio, and The girl, born in Miami nine months ago to a mother who received money for this purpose, was converted to Christianity at the Nuestra Señora de la Moraleja church on December 17. “A gift from heaven,” according to the grandmother, in an extensive paid report in the Color Bible magazine ¡Hola! You can even see the priest’s arm as he puts the holy water on the head of the little girl and the legally adoptive mother. The words of the Supreme Pope “a child is always a gift and never the object of a contract” and the biologist Obregón’s statement that “since a life is not born, life Among his words against critics of surrogacy “who belittle the miracle of God does not want”, there is a gap in what popular wisdom correctly interprets: He who has a godfather is baptized. Pope Francis may be prepared if the presenter targets him, as he did the government of Pedro Sánchez, whom he harshly criticized at every opportunity to emphasize that the practice of surrogacy is illegal in Spain. But the baptism was celebrated with emotion and pomp because, as Obregón assured in his private speech, “we are a religious family.” It’s not like the others.
