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- Apr 10, 2020
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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.
Bioethics expert says ‘de-valuing’ human beings is 21st century malady
- Sep 18, 2017
Dr. John Haas, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, says that beneath specific conundrums that arise in the field of bioethics these days lies a deeper challenge that the Catholic Church is uniquely equipped to address: A ‘de-valuing’ of human beings, which turns the weak and vulnerable into commodities to be exploited by the wealthy and powerful.
Top papal aide says technology is creating new pro-life challenges
- Feb 9, 2017
Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, tapped by Pope Francis to head both the Pontifical Academy for Life and the St. John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies of Marriage and Family, says that technological change is generating new ethical challenges such as blending humans and robotics.
Pope didn’t endorse animal/human hybrids, but expert says ‘We can talk’
- Feb 6, 2016
In a recent interview with Scientific American, a Spanish biologist named Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte at the California-based Salk Institute claimed that Pope Francis had given an ethical thumbs-up to research on animal/human genetic hybrids. After that report made the rounds, the Vatican issued a swift denial: “It’s absolutely unfounded
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