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