Georges Bendrihem
Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd in Le Bourget during his official visit in France on June 1, 1980. Later in the year he would travel to Germany and speak of ‘infinite dignity’ during an Angelus address on Nov. 16, 1980 in Osnabrück. This address inspired the name of the recent papal document.
COMMENTARY: We are not infinite as God is infinite, of course, but our dignity is not quantifiable and is indeed radically open-ended, as we are raised by way of participation into God’s inner life.