Pope Leo Names New Chancellor of Pontifical Academy for Life
The Italian priest has served as the academy’s secretariat coordinator since 2016.
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Pope Leo XIV: ‘All Lives Are Not Equally Respected’ Amid War and Inequality in Health Care
The Pope told the Pontifical Academy for Life it is hypocritical to call health a universal value while ignoring policies that drive disparities.
Pontifical Academy for Life Will Address Tech Advances, Including AI
Pope Leo XIV has recommended the academy continue a dialogue ‘with experts from various disciplines on the challenges facing humanity on the theme of life and the quality of life in different contexts.’
Pope Appoints Archbishop Paglia’s Right-Hand Man as President of Pontifical Academy for Life
The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing president, whose turbulent tenure drew vehement criticism from pro-life advocates.
Pope Francis Warns of ‘Planetary Crisis’ in Message to Vatican’s Academy for Life
The Pope said hope is of fundamental importance.
Bioethicists Scrutinize Pontifical Academy for Life’s New Guidance on Withdrawing Food, Water
In the English-speaking world, the booklet has garnered scrutiny for appearing to soften the Church’s stance on the importance of providing food and water to patients in a vegetative state.
Pontifical Academy for Life Releases ‘Lexicon’ for End-of-Life Discussions
The Catholic Church in recent years has taken strong stances against government policies such as euthanasia that devalue human life.
Catholic Doctors, Ethicists Criticize Pontifical Academy for Life Book
The authors highlighted lack of understanding of ‘current science’ and specific areas of medicine and recommended that the academy consult with Catholic medical associations to assist with future texts that provide moral guidance on Catholic medical practice and ethics issues.
Pontifical Academy for Life is Betraying its founder, JPII Biographer George Weigel Says
Weigel made the charge last week in his talk titled “St. John Paul II and Jérôme Lejeune: Two Lives at the Service of Life,” given as part of the second International Conference on Bioethics in Rome from May 17–18 in the Eternal City.
Pope Names Biochemist Who Contributed to COVID Vaccine to Pontifical Academy for Life
Katalin Karikó received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work to develop mRNA technology.
