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The Vatican Takes a Stand Against Cosmetic Surgery, Decrying the ‘Cult of the Body’

The church stops short of issuing an explicit prohibition but urges Catholics to resist the ‘frantic search’ for physical perfection.

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The Vatican says that a widespread 'cult of the body' follows, 'tending toward a frantic search for a perfect figure, always fit, young and beautiful.'
The Vatican says that a widespread 'cult of the body' follows, 'tending toward a frantic search for a perfect figure, always fit, young and beautiful.' Photo illustration
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

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