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The birth of the International Family Monitor

Thursday 6 December 2018, at 11.00, in the Holy See Press Office, a press conference presented the International ...

Safeguarding human dignity in every stage of life

Intervention by Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia at the conference for the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human ...

Roboethics. Registration. Workshop 2019

Roboethics: Humans, Machines and Health is the title of the Workshop that will be on 25-26 February 2019 during the Assembly ...

Abp. Paglia: supporting families in all their phases of life

Veneto Region launches New Family Help Centre with dedicated rooms, doctors, psychotherapists, and voluntary couples Treviso, ...

News from our Academicians: Usa and Argentina

News from our Academicians – USA and Argentina President Donald Trump has announced his intent to appoint five new members ...

Overcoming fear of death together

Overcoming fear of death together, hand in hand. Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia’s address on Graduation Day of the Catholic ...

Palliative Care: our commitment in Murcia, Spain

PRESS RELEASE. Palliative Care to counter the globalization of indifference and euthanasia. The commitment of the Pontifical ...

A credible Church: the Final Document of the Synod

The Final Document was released on Saturday October 27th, consisting of 3 parts, 12 chapters, 167 paragraphs and 60 ...

Follow the Synod with the Pontifical Academy for Life - 5 - Working Groups

Oggi sabato 20 ottobre, nel corso della 17a Congregazione generale della XV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei ...

Follow the Synod with the Pontifical Academy for Life - 4 - Working Groups

Lunedì 15 pomeriggio, nel corso dell’11a Congregazione generale della XV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei ...

Follow the Synod with the Pontifical Academy for Life - 3 - Working Groups

Il 9 ottobre nel corso della 5a Congregazione generale della XV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi sui ...

Our Academicians in the Roman Curia

Saturday, October 6th, The Holy Father Francis has appointed as members of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life: Dr. ...

Follow the Synod with the Pontifical Academy for Life - 2

The Synod paid particular attention to ex-child soldiers, to those from broken families or those affected by addictions, ...

Follow the Synod with the Pontifical Academy for Life 1

In his Opening Speech for the Fifteenth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis said “the Synod we are living ...

Palliative Care in Major Scientific Journal

Pontifical Academy for Life promotes Palliative Care (Pc) via Major Scientific Journal A «White Paper» to promote Palliative ...

The Philosophy of technology: new questions

The philosophy of technology, as a relatively new field, confronts the researchers with questions such as: Where do new ...

The fight against neurological diseases is moving ahead

NEW STUDY DISCOVERS HOW TO OBTAIN HUMAN BRAIN STEM CELLS FROM THE SKIN. The research was published in the scientific ...

End-of-life Questions

Archbishop Fernando Chomali of Concepcion, Chile, has recently published a Pastoral Document, in Spanish, entitled ...

Palliative Care and Spirituality for Life

PRESS RELEASE - Palliative Care and Spirituality for Life (PCSLife)  - www.pcslife.org September 16-18, ...

Catechism: death penalty is inadmissible

Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible ...

2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award

2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award on GLOBAL BIOETHICS Call for Nominations The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), inside its ...

Agreement Academy for Life - Catholic Health Association of India

The Pontifical Academy for Life and the Catholic Health Association of India (Chai) have signed an Agreement, entered on the ...

Public Workshop - June 25-26 2018

The Public Workshop - "Egual beginning. But then? A global responsibilty" - took place June 25-26. Here the texts ...

Nobody helps the dirty work of death!

Monday June 25 in the Sala Clementina, in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis has met the Academicians of the 24 Assembly of ...

Press Kit Assembly 2018 Pontifical Academy for Life

XXIV GENERAL ASSEMBLY 25-27 June 2018 – Vatican City The 24th Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Global Bioetics ...

Global Bioethics - Pontifical Academy for Life General Assembly is coming

Global Bioethics is an approach of caring for human life in all its stages. This includes encompassing the fetus in the womb, ...

Archbishop Paglia: Biotechnologies and not partisan information

PRESS RELEASE. Mons. Vincenzo Paglia: biology discovers the complexity of life; biotechnology can directly intervene in ...

Palliative Care and Spirituality for LIfe - Houston, Texas, September 2018

Palliative Care and Spirituality for Life (PCSLife) - September 16-18, 2018 - Houston Methodist Research Institute - Houston, ...

Archbishop Paglia in Mexico - March 13th-18th 2018

From the 13-18 of March, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia e Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri were in Mexico. The first part, from the 14th ...

Press Release. Genius Vitae Project starts

Genius Vitae starts: Pontifical Academy for Life and Sacro Cuore Catholic University explore “dynamic places” of social ...

Improving Palliative Care - White Paper

The International Palliative Care Congress - 390 experts from 38 countries - concluded by publishing a list of ...

Abstract Book Congress 2018 Palliative Care

Abstract Book of Congress 2018 "Palliative Care: Everywhere & by Everyone. Palliative Care in Every Region. ...

Pope Francis and Voices from the Congress

PRESS STATEMENT. Pope Francis: “continue reflection and spread the Palliative Care practice”. Message to the Pontifical ...

Palliative care: a new culture to defend the dignity of every person

Greetings to the PAL-LIFE Conference from Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy of Life ...

Palliative Care: a dimension of loving interdependence

Letter from the Cardinal Secretary of State to Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for ...

The "World Medical Journal" on "End-of-Life" November Conference at the Vatican

The "World Medical Journal", Bullettin of the World Medical Association, publishes in the last number (December ...

Press Release - False news and correction request

Press Release. The Pontifical Academy for Life releases the following statement to “La nuova Bussola Quotidiana” online ...

Archbishop Paglia in Oxford and London - February 12th and 13th 2018

"Human dignity and bioethics": an appeal to "take seriously" the nuances of life was the theme of the ...

General Assembly 2018 from 25th to 27th June

The General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life takes place from 25 to 27 June 2018. The theme of this appointment ...

Registration closed - International Congress Palliative Care 2018

On February 28th and March 1st, 2018 an International Congress on palliative care will be held in Rome, promoted by the ...

PROJECTS

Assembly 2018

The Assembly takes place on June 25-27. The Assembly was focused on Global Bioethics. Place: New Hall of the Synod, 00120 ...

Global Bioethics

Global Bioethics Working Group As a new area, Global Bioethics does not have an accepted definition and there is no ...

PALLIFE

In March 2017, the Pontifical Academy for Life initiated the PALLIFE Project, establishing an international study group with ...

Consciousness, Neuroscience, and Ethics

Drawing upon its interest in neuroethics, a developing field which is currently of concern in the scientific world, the ...

Robotics

Our society is characterized by the increasing use of machines and robots that can perform evermore sophisticated functions. ...

Human Genome Editing

The scope of human genome editing is steadily expanding at a fast pace. It promises to change our way of looking at the ...

LINKS

Official Site of The Holy See
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Congregation for the Clergy
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Dicastery for Laity Family Life
Photographic Service - Vatican Media (L'Osservatore Romano)
Enciclopedia de Bioetica
The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Hasting Center for Bioethics
Linacre Center for Healthcare Ethics
Centro de Bioetica Juan Pablo II in Cuba
Katholieke Stichting Medische Ethiek
World Health Organization
International Bioethics Committee (UNESCO)
World Medical Association
Council of Europe (Thematic Dossier on Bioethics)
Comitato Nazionale per la bioetica (Italy)
HUGO - The Human Genome Organisation
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
The Catholic Health Association of the United States
F.I.A.M.C. World Federation of the Catholic Medical Associations
FEAMC European Federation of Catholic Medical Associations
COMECE Comission of the Bishop's Conferences of the European Community
Institute of Bioethics - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Sede di Roma
Bioethics Center - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Sede di Milano
Laboratory of Bioethics SSSB - Istituto Teologico San Tommaso
School of Specialization in Bioethicsand Sexuology - Istituto Teologico San Tommaso
Faculty of Bioethics - Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum
Instituto para el Matrimonio y la Familia Universidad Católica San Pablo (Perù)
Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Cile)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University (USA)
Instituto de Bioética Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)
Instituto para el Matrimonio y la familia Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)
Cuadernos de Bioética (Spain)
Ethics and Medics The NCBC on the Health and Life Sciences (USA)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Georgetown University (USA)
Journal of medical Ethics (UK)
Medicina e Morale (Italy)
Catholic Medical Association - The Linacre Quarterly
SIBCE Società Italiana per la Bioetica e i Comitati Etici (Italy)
Scientists and Technologists for the Ethics of the Development (STES) (Italy)
Interdisciplinary dictionary of Science and Faith (DISF) (Italy)
Italian Confederation of Centers for Natural Fertility Regulation