Bioethics Archives

Humility, open mind needed to crack coronavirus’ secrets, expert says

May 7, 2021

Much is still unknown about the 2019 novel coronavirus and why it can kill so many people and yet also can infect many more without causing any symptoms, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease expert, told a Vatican conference.

By Carol Glatz

German doctors remove ban on assisting suicide from code of conduct

May 6, 2021

The German Medical Assembly, the annual meeting of the German Medical Association, has lifted the professional ban on assisted suicide.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccines for children

May 4, 2021

Vaccines for children are getting attention with questions about when will they be available, if they are necessary to end the pandemic and if Catholic parents should inoculate their children.

By Katie Scott

Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines

Apr 18, 2021

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.

By Julie Asher

Human-monkey embryo ‘deeply unethical,’ says Catholic bioethicist

Apr 17, 2021

The creation of a human-nonhuman interspecies embryo is “deeply unethical,” according to the UK’s leading Catholic bioethics institute.

By Charles Collins

Poland’s vaccines chief not ruffled by Church objections

Apr 16, 2021

Poland’s top vaccination official said Thursday he did not see any obstacle to the country’s inoculation program from the “moral” reservations expressed by the powerful Catholic Church about two vaccines.

By Associated Press

British bioethicist: Vaccine passports could lead to ‘unethical coercion’

Mar 30, 2021

So-called “vaccine passports” could lead to an “unethical coercion” of citizens, according to the head of the UK’s leading Catholic bioethics center.

By Charles Collins

Sydney archbishop urges ‘deep breath’ after news of artificial embryos

Mar 22, 2021

After a prominent Australian university announced it had made artificial human embryos from skin cells, an Australian archbishop with a doctorate in bioethics asked, “Is this really such a good thing?”

By Catholic News Service