Suzanne Harrington: 'The Pope's obsession with women’s bodies and surrogacy is creepy'

If Bergoglio is so concerned about the dignity of the child, why isn’t he absolutely apoplectic about the 10,000 Palestinian children bombed to death by the state of Israel in the past 100 days?

Suzanne Harrington. Picture: Andrew Hasson

An 87-year old man has declared surrogacy “deplorable”. The unmarried father of none has called for a universal ban, adding that “a child is always a gift” rather than “an object of trafficking.” Hang on. Surrogacy as trafficking? What? Has this senior become confused? Befuddled?

Unfortunately this wasn’t some random old guy shouting at pigeons, or sitting in a care home. It was Jorge Mario Bergoglio – the current Pope – speaking at a foreign policy event at the Vatican. Using his platform to condemn the practice of a couple who can’t make a baby themselves, for whatever private, none-of-your-business reasons, enlisting a surrogate.