2024

ESPMH Conference 2024

NOTE: Our Chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, attended the ESPMH Conference, with our Academicians Prof. Sheila Tlou and Prof. Stephan Sahm. Prof. Sahm is the Author of the following summary article. There is no country in the world where the ...
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Abp. in Barcelona for the Care of our Common Home

As part of the America's Cultural Cup Race that Barcelona is hosting in early September, the city's Diocesan Museum has hosted, on 9 September, a round table discussion on the sustainability of the planet with the presence of the ...
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Vatican publishes 'lexicon' on end-of-life issues to aid debate

The Pontifical Academy for Life released a new booklet to aid in the public debate on end-of-life issues. The booklet, published only in Italian July 2, offers clear definitions and the Catholic Church's teaching on bioethics with the aim ...
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To discern the concrete possible Good

On August 1, the Katholisch.de website published an extensive interview with Fr. Maurizio Chiodi, moral theologian, Academician of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The interview was conducted by Mario Trifunovic. Below is the full text of ...
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Abp. Paglia visits Japan - AI Ethics Forum

What does it mean to safeguard human life in this technological time? On July 7th, Archbishop Vincenzo Pagliahaspresented the activities of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Shinseikk Cultural Center in Tokyo. Archbishop Paglia is in ...
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Everything is Connected: From Laudato Si to Fratelli Tutti

On July 25th, 2024, Mons. Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, delivered a speech titled Everything is Connected: From Laudato Si to Fratelli Tutti. His speech was a reflection on the Pope’s encyclicals ...
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ALS & Multiple Sclerosis Research

On June 20, 2024, at Piazza San Calisto in Rome, the Pontifical Academy for Life hosted a conference to discuss potential treatments for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with brain stem cells. In ...
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Artificial Life. A debate with our Chancellor

Trento (Italy), March 22. Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life, participated in the annual public dialogue series organized by the diocese of Trento (March 11). This year's theme is “Sarete ...
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Conference on Religion and Neuroscience

On June 8th, 2024, the Pontifical Academy for Life at Piazza San Calisto hosted a conference titled Religion and Neuroscience: What is the Relationship? Renzo Pegoraro and Andrea Lavazza, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life and ...
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Palliative Care, Canada, 21-23 May

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Pontifical Academy for Life have realized a Symposium on Palliative Care in Toronto, Canada, on May 21 and 23: Towards a Narrative of Hope: An International Interfaith Symposium on ...
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