Pontifical Academy for Life

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Journal of Moral Theology - special issue - Spring 2022

Vaccines - COVID19

Vatican Covid Commission and Pontifical Academy for Life

Msgr Pegoraro: Covid-19, solidarity and mutual help

More than counting the days, you need to make every day count By Renzo Pegoraro Chancellor – Pontifical Academy for Life Osservatore Romano, Italian Edition, May 12th 2020

Pope Francis
Humana Communitas

Letter to the Pontifical Academy for Life - February 11, 2019.

NEWS

Equity in Health and Wellness: Healing and Transforming the System to deliver a single standard of Care

Madrid, Spain, October 6 - In his open address, Archbishop Paglia has said: "On the issues of ...

Archbishop Paglia at WISH Summit - Doha, Qatar, October 4 2022

"I have the pleasure of inviting you to join a panel discussion on Islamic Ethics and Healthcare of ...

Ethics of Engineering Life

The Pontifical Academy for Life, the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering of the University of Basel and ETH ...

Italy. Abortion. Press Office Statement

During a nationally televised August 26th Italian roundtable discussion of upcoming general elections in that ...

Theological Ethics of Life - The Debate

Theological Ethics of Life

The Vatican Publishing House (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) has published a text entitled Theological ...

Melilla, Migrants, Europe: a reflection by Abp. Paglia

The war in Ukraine is senseless and terrible, that is a fact. But it is also a fact that it makes us ...

Abortion USA - Press Release June 24, 2022

Regarding the United States Supreme Court decision that modified the 1973 legal position Roe v. Wade on the ...

RenAIssance: Ethics in Technologies

Speech by Abp. Vincenzo Paglia - Institute of Bioethics - Argentine Catholic University - June 15, 2022 WHAT ...

Notes on the Covid19 Emergency

It is time to look back on the hardest months of the pandemic to question what we have learned and to make a ...

Abp. PAGLIA: United against Inequalities

THE SPEECH AT THE TURIN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ECONOMICS - June 2, 2022 Paglia: “Cultural momentum is ...

A Life Monument now in Rome

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has blessed a new sculpture ...

We need a future of Peace, Not War

From "Il Riformista" - May 13, 2022 - p. 1,3 We need a vision for our future: the future of all of ...

Ideas are always stronger than bombs.

"We need to make room again for thoughts and visions: utopia is so powerful, precisely because it is ...

Easter Day: war does not save anything nor anyone.

It was three o'clock on an April afternoon two thousand years ago, when "darkness came over all the ...

Inequalities in access to care

“Serious thinking” about inequality in health care “is a task we can no longer put off,” Archbishop Vincenzo ...

ETHICS EDUCATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: COOPERATION OR CONFLICT?

10th International Conference for Education in Ethics University of Padua ETHICS EDUCATION AND NEW ...

Palliative Care: the work of caring for others

Construire une culture de la responsabilité sociale : le défi des soins palliatifs. H.E. Archbishop Vincenzo ...

Abp. Paglia: Politics is the only one right weapon

"Stop the war! In the name of God!" That was the cry of Pope Francis on Sunday at noon. His words ...

Archbishop Paglia. The conflict must be ended. War is always madness.

The ongoing conflict in Europe must be ended. Right now. Immediately. It is an ethical, human, historical and ...

Ukraine. Press Release from the Presidency

The Presidency and the Central Office of the Pontifical Academy for Life unreservedly adhere to Pope Francis’s ...

Italy End-of-Life Questions

Press release «The Pontifical Academy for Life warmly welcomes the decision of the Italian Constitutional ...

Palliative Care - February 9-10-11, 2022

The Pontifical Academy for Life has organized an online webinar from February 9 to 11, as part of the project ...

"Guardian of Life" Award 2022

The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has established the "Guardian of Life" Award, intended for ...

Pandemic and Challenges for Education

Vatican City, December 22, 2021.- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of children and adolescents ...

AI for a fairer and inclusive digital society

"We must never forget that behind every byte collected there are real people. We can’t forget that the ...

Italy. About a case of assisted suicide

Note of the Pontifical Academy for Life regarding the case of assisted suicide of an Italian citizen Vatican ...

Palliative Care in Italy

On November 11, 2021, a conference has taken place in the Aula Magna of the State University of Milan, where ...

Ethical Challenges of Engineering Life Following the Global Pandemic

Ethical Challenges of Engineering Life Following the Global Pandemic Free Webinar Nov. 16, 2021 - Rome ...

Abp. Paglia: the Haitian tragedy, and my indignation

Seeing with one's own eyes the reality behind the numbers of the Haitian tragedy arouses dismay, on the one ...

Hospice Day in Egypt: October 25th, 2021

International Hospice Day in Egypt: Professor Mounir Farag, Pontifical Academy for Life The Academy is taking ...

Workshop on line September 27-28, 2021

In the light of the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Workshop intends to offer a reflection on certain ...

Join forces, vaccines belong to everyone

On July 2, 2021, at 11.30 am, had take place in live streaming the Press Conference for the presentation of ...

Covid-19: Learning from Persons with Disabilities

Vatican City, June 15, 2021.- The new note of the Pontifical Academy for Life is entitled Friendship with ...

Vaccines for all: more work to be done

In preparation for the G20 in the autumn, a note from the Dicastery and the Pontifical Academy for Life ...

Rescuing Fraternity - Together

We seek creative and hospitable thinking, open to the many social transformations and to the plurality of ...

The Mediterranean and the Three Monotheistic Religions

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS: THE CHALLENGE OF DIALOGUE Abp. Vincenzo Paglia ...

Vaccines: making responsible decisions

Articles and reflections from our Academicians

Rome Call for AI Ethics: one year later 2020/2021

Building momentum on the ethical approach towards Artificial Intelligence endorsed by Pope Francis The first ...

Satisfying the thirst for hope in the world

Vatican City, February 17, 2021. - The Pontifical Academy for Life wants to be deeply embodied in contemporary ...

New Ordinary Academicians

Vatican City, February 12, 2021-. The new appointments of four Ordinary Academicians represent an important ...

Old Age: Our Future

Vatican City, February 9.- On February 9, 2021, the Pontifical Academy for Life, together with the Dicastery ...

Heroic virtues of Jérôme Lejeune

On January 21, 2021, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the ...

Abp. Paglia has participated in Virtual WISH Summit 2020

Vatican City – Doha (Qatar), November 18th, 2020.- The Pontifical Academy for Life participated in Virtual ...

Dr. Sulmasy and Prof. Akiba in the news

Dr. Daniel Sulmasy has been named the new director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown ...

New Academicians - Corresponding 2020

Vatican City, 10 December 2020 - The Board of Directors of the Pontifical Academy for Life has appointed three ...

"Guardian of Life" Award

The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has established the "Guardian of Life" Award, intended for ...

Sapienza joins Rome Call for AI Ethics: an ethical approach to Artificial Intelligence

On Friday, October 30, 2020, in the "Sala del Senato", Rectorate Building, Rector Eugenio ...

AI, Food for All. Dialogue and Experiences

Artificial Intelligence best-practices in agriculture can help bridge the digital divide while tackling food ...

Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic

Vatican City, 22 July 2020.- It is entitled "Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic: untimely ...

Pandemic and Universal Brotherhood

Vatican City, March 30th.- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, academy president, gave Pope Francis a copy of the text ...

The Call for AI Ethics was signed in Rome

#RomeCallforAIethics @call_rome www.romecall.org Rome, February 28th. Pontifical Academy for Life, ...

The Popes and the Pontifical Academy for Life

From the Preface by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness <This ...

Italian government taps Vatican official to head commission on elderly care

ROME – In the latest example of Italy’s ironic sense of laïcité, the country’s Ministry for Health announced ...

Coronavirus and Solidarity

Pandemic and Brotherhood by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia “Thick darkness has gathered over our ...

Note About the Announcement of New Guidelines On Pharmacological Abortion in Italy

Italy. Bioethics. About the innovations introduced in the medical abortion. The Pontifical Academy for Life ...

Health as a public good. In dialogue with Celam

Bogotà (Colombia) - Vatican City, June 23 2020. The pandemic is devastating in the social effects it is ...

A common vision on the ethics of care

The Institute of Bioethics of the Pontifical Argentine Catholic University has brought together a group of ...

A New Renaissance

Vatican City - Rome, 27 May 2020 – Full convergence on the need for a new "Renaissance" that focuses ...

Multiple Sclerosis: conclusion of the Phase I clinical trial with brain stem cell transplantation

For the first time ever, all patients recruited in a brain stem cell transplantation trial were treated for ...

Updated membership of our Academicians

Vatican City, 27 January 2020. In view of the next Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life (26-28 February ...

Be prepared for new Technological Challenges

University of Lima - Feb. 13, 2020 The development of robotics and artificial intelligence presents us with ...

Day 1. Palliative Care, Mental Health for Elderly

The day opened with the Archbishop Paglia' speech. Then dr. Sultana Afdhal' speech. "Our mission has ...

Bioethics and Religion, Casablanca - Morocco

UNESCO Workshop on Bioethics and Religion I recently had the opportunity to attend the 7th International ...

Abp. Paglia: Transplants as signs of a culture of giving

Rome, November 21.- «The topic of organ and tissue transplants is of particular interest for the Academy for ...

Abp. Paglia in Argentina - November 5-11, 2019

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia is in Argentina in the second week of November 2019. He arrived in Buenos Aires on ...

No Euthanasia, Yes Palliative Care

On October 28, 2019 in the Casina Pio IV (Pontifical Academy for Sciences, Vatican City): - Archbishop ...

The Synod of the Pan-Amazon Region - 6-27 October 2019

On October 15, 2017, Pope Francis convened a Special Synodal Assembly on the Pan-Amazon, indicating that the ...

Blessed Hunger, Cursed Hunger

October 17th afternoon, Archbishop Paglia has participated at a round table at the FAO General Headquarters in ...

Palliative Care: at the beginning of a new humanity

Kigali, Rwanda, September 20th.- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has ...

Family and Future in Africa

On September 20th afternoon, Archbishop Paglia has spoken to the priests, lay people and pastoral workers in ...

A Delegation from the Pontifical Academy visits USA

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, was in the United States from ...

Degrees and Programs - Pontifical Institute John Paul II

Here Degrees and Programs in Italian INTRODUCTION by Prof. Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, Dean of the ...

Biotechnology and Judaism

The bioethical debate on the boundary between what is technically possible and what is conductively ...

Persons with vulnerability: decision making and consent in health care

Communication June 11, 2019 9th IACB (International Association of Catholic Bioethics) Colloquium, June 16-21, ...

Abp. Paglia: We need a future of global openings, not global closures

On June 5, Bishop Paglia spoke at the round table "Fairness and security", which discussed computer ...

Palliative care: truly valuing human life

The Pontifical Academy for Life in union with the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro organized the First Latin ...

Palliative Care: the Pontifical Academy for Life activities presented in Berlin

The Pontifical Academy for Life presented on May 23, 2019 in Berlin the German version of PAL-Life - see ...

Celebrated the funeral of Cardinal Sgreccia

Archbishop Paglia' statement about Cardinal Sgreccia "The death of Cardinal Elio Sgreccia certainly ...

A Network of Support

The experience of a mother facing a high-risk pregnancy can be - and usually is – a very difficult one. ...

On the case of Mr. Vincent Lambert

Joint Declaration of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and the Pontifical Academy for Life on the ...

Grasping the "integral human dimension": the challenge facing the Pontifical Academy for Life

Milan, 6 May 2019.- The new Statute pushes the Academy to increasingly become a place of encounter and ...

Educating involves society

Educating involves many people and institutions while demanding very special competencies. Educating involves ...

Algor-ethics time: a debate in Rome

Rome, March 15. “Authentic progress and human development are not mutually exclusive, in spite of economic and ...

Working together, for the benefit of mankind. The 25th Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life concludes

Vatican City, 27 February 2019.- “We are not closed in ourselves, we are an outgoing Church, on a journey and ...

Remembering Jerome Lejeune

Ce 10 avril, la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris était pleine pour la Messe célébrée par mgr Ginoux, évêque de ...

Roboethics - February 26th - Socio-anthropological and Ethical implications

Tuesday - Main ideas “Se l’uomo costruisse robot per solitudine?” di Andrea Santoni - Adriano Pessina ...

Pope Francis: a new ethical alliance for life. Assembly 2019, first day: February 25

In the morning February 25th, Archbishop Paglia has opened the 25 General Assembly: Our commitment - ...

Abp. Paglia in Moscow talks about end of life and Palliative Care

Moscow, 12 February 2019. - “A globalization devoid of Christian inspiration is poor in love and prey to ...

25 years: February 11, 1994 / February 11, 2019

The Pontifical Academy for Life has reached the important milestone of its first 25 years of life. Pope ...

Humana Communitas. Pope Francis' Letter for the 25th of the Pontifical Academy for Life

"Our shared humanity demands a global approach to the questions raised by the dialogue between diverse ...

Palliative Care and End-of-Life: in dialogue with Muslim world

World renowned experts on ethics, Islam, Christianity and medicine are gathering at Georgetown University in ...

Technologies, Ethics, Roboethics. Audio interviews

Archbishop Paglia was interviewed by the Spanish chain Radio COPE on Thursday 17 January on the Pope's Letter ...

Press Conference: Life is the whole human family!

On Tuesday 15 January 2019, at 11.00, in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, a ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

AI, Robotics, Roboethics. In preparing for the Assembly

By way of preparation to the subject of the Assembly, these are the links to three documents. 1. Report ...

Activities of some of our Academicians - Update

Mexico. Our Academician Martha Tarasco has co-edited an e-book of general bioethics for ...

PROJECTS

Artificial Intelligence

The Rome Call for AI Ethics The Rome University La Sapienza signs the Rome Call Workshop with FAO - September ...

Robo-ethics

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

Global Bioethics Working Group

As a new area, Global Bioethics does not have an accepted definition and there is no demarcated description of ...

Robo-ethics

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

Consciousness, Neuroscience, and Ethics

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

Human Genome Editing

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

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Centro de Bioetica Juan Pablo II in Cuba

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Institute of Bioethics - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Sede di Roma

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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