
Bioethicist Luke Gormally: The ‘Gentle Giant’ Who Stood Up Against the Culture of Death
Gormally, who died at the end of April, was a towering pro-life figure in the English-speaking world for over half a century.
Gormally, who died at the end of April, was a towering pro-life figure in the English-speaking world for over half a century.
COMMENTARY: As has been the case before, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life often begins with the political situation and then sees where the Gospel and the Catholic Tradition can fit.
Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy for Life on Monday that it faces an enormous task in evaluating the ethics of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and human enhancement.
The renowned professor of natural law spoke last month at a Rome conference, convened in response to a recent Pontifical Academy for Life publication that challenged this teaching.
In his in-flight comments from Bahrain to Rome, the Holy Father also said the appointment of a woman as vice governor of the Vatican City State and the inclusion of women on the Council for the Economy has been a benefit to the Vatican.
Four recent appointees to the academy have broken with the Church on the immorality of abortion and/or artificial contraception.
Isn’t dialogue supposed to be in defense of the truths expressed in the natural law, revealed in Scripture and Tradition and taught by the magisterium?
Tlou has declined to comment about her abortion views until after February 2023.
Dr. José María Simón Castellví is president emeritus of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.
A recent statement explains that Pope Francis nominated the members of the academy, who then made it through the selection process without any red flags being raised.
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