Pontifical Academy for Life Archives

Life academy promotes ethical ways AI can with help food security

Sep 16, 2020

As part of its ongoing collaboration with two of the world’s leading developers of AI software, the Pontifical Academy for Life will launch a new joint project looking at ethical ways artificial intelligence can be used to guarantee food security.

By Carol Glatz

Australian bishops join discussion on morality of possible COVID-19 vaccine

Aug 28, 2020

More bishops are pleading with their governments to give priority to ethically developed coronavirus vaccines, but many also are telling Catholics that not getting vaccinated is a more serious moral problem than using the problematic vaccines.

By Catholic News Service

Vatican official says ‘life’ should never be used as a political weapon

Aug 28, 2020

As the United States presidential elections draw nearer and candidates on both sides tout their position on life issues as reasons for their electability, the Vatican’s top official in the area has cautioned against turning life into an ideological weapon.

By Elise Ann Allen

Academy for Life criticizes new Italian rules for RU-486

Aug 14, 2020

The Italian health ministry’s liberalization of recommendations for using RU-486 to induce an abortion is a further sign that the government is moving away from its promise to help women and families facing an unplanned pregnancy, the Pontifical Academy for Life said.

By Catholic News Service

Vatican’s Academy for Life rejects charge its COVID doc isn’t Christian

Jul 29, 2020

The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life came to its own defense Wednesday, issuing a statement insisting its new document on the coronavirus doesn’t use specifically Christian vocabulary because it was trying to communicate “in a way accessible to all.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Not all in same boat: Some communities ‘sink more easily,’ archbishop says

Jul 23, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted humanity’s vulnerability and interdependence, as well as serious social and economic inequalities, the Pontifical Academy for Life said in a new document.

By Carol Glatz