Chilean abuse survivors fear COVID crisis will stop investigations into accused clergy
- Sep 24, 2020
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Bioethicists welcome Vatican document on euthanasia: ‘No life is unworthy of life’
- Sep 23, 2020
Catholic bioethicists have welcomed the Vatican’s clear statement that euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care.
Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines
- Sep 19, 2020
Catholic pro-life leaders say they are seeing some progress in the development of vaccines with the use of ethical animal cell lines instead of cell lines derived from abortions.
Bioethicists urge COVID-19 vaccine research avoid abortion cell lines
- Apr 28, 2020
A human vaccine trial begun last week in England has raised hopes that the COVID-19 coronavirus might one day be stopped in its tracks. However, ethicists have expressed concerns that the vaccine, developed at Oxford University, used cell lines obtained from an aborted child in the early 1970s.
Bishops: Long-held ethical, moral principles must guide COVID-19 response
- Apr 4, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is creating fear over limited resources for treating patients, especially the most seriously ill, but “this is not a time to sideline our ethical and moral principles,” said the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Catholic moral theology has important role as pandemic causes ethical dilemmas
- Mar 25, 2020
As the world faces the unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, thorny moral questions are arising.
New head of bioethics center says new technology raises moral questions
- Jul 1, 2019
When Church leaders in the United States face new bioethical questions – such as surrounding abortion, euthanasia, or gender identity – they often turn to the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center.
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