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Pope celebrates anniversary sharing cake with hospital staff

Pontifical Academy for Life

Vatican’s changing line on end-of-life illustrates that hard cases make bad law

Aug 11, 2024
John L. Allen Jr.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, meets with Pope Francis during a private audience on Aug. 8, 2024. (Credit: Pontifical Academy for Life.)

Vatican loosens stance on food, water for patients in vegetative state

Aug 9, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

A doctor visits a patient in the palliative care unit of a hospital in Paris March 4, 2015. In a document issued Jan. 20, 2022, (CNS photo/Philippe Wojazer, Reuters.)

Palliative care provides companionship and hope, symposium to argue

May 10, 2024
John Lavenburg

Lawmakers gather at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Paris. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

Vatican’s Academy for Life speaks against France abortion proposal

Mar 4, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

President, member of Vatican academy strike back at pro-life critics

Feb 13, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican reaffirms ‘no’ to birth control, IVF in new family compact

May 31, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Head of papal academy sparks new row with euthanasia remarks

Apr 25, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Catholic academic blasts Vatican’s Academy for Life as ’embarassing’

Dec 10, 2022
Elise Ann Allen

With American backing, thinkers gather in Rome to defend ‘Humanae Vitae’

Dec 6, 2022
Elise Ann Allen

Summit explores role of ethics in development of artificial intelligence

Oct 28, 2022
Dennis Sadowski