Church Documents

ABORTION AND THE SUPREME COURT: ADVANCING THE CULTURE OF

      DEATH

      Statement by U.S. Bishops' Pro-Life Office  

         NOV. 16, 2000  

ADDRESS OF HOLY FATHER TO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TRANSPLANTS

     Ethics of organ donation: criteria  adopted for ascertaining the fact of death, criteria for the

     allocation of donated organs, organ transplants from other animal species

     AUGUST  29, 2000

DECLARATION OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY  On Fetal Reduction in

       Cases of Multiple Pregnancies

       JULY 12, 2000

DISCOURSE OF HOLY FATHER TO CONGRESS FETUS AS A PATIENT

      APRIL 3, 2000

THE DEFENSE OF LIFE IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND

     NORMS
       Speech of Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran to Pontifical Academy for Life,

        FEBRUARY 11, 2000

REFLECTIONS ON CLONING 

       Pontifical Academy for Life  (1997) - Gives History, Biological Facts, Ethical Problems and Freedom

      of Research as they pertain to  Cloning

TRUTH AND MEANING OF HUMAN SEXUALITY

        DECEMBER 8, 1995

  INSTRUCTION ON BIOETHICS, RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE (DONUM VITAE) 

         FEBRUARY 22, 1987

  EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE IN HUMAN LOVE 

         NOVEMBER 1, 1983  

Special Addresses

MARY ANN GLENDON (of Harvard Law School ) ON CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN AMERICA  
Text of Her Address at Congress of Catholic Laity

ROME, NOV. 27, 2000 

THE PHRASE THAT SILENCED AMERICAN CHRISTIANS 
Glendon Addresses Round Table at Congress of Catholic Laity

ROME, NOV. 27, 2000

Articles Of Interest

Medical Consortium Aims to Clone Human Embryos
Vatican Concerned About Grave Ethical Implications
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 30, 2001 

Is Genetically Modified Food Really Safe?
Fears Seem to Be Exaggerated

LONDON, JAN. 27, 2001

EMBRYO RESEARCH APPROVED IN UK

LONDON, DEC. 30, 2000 

   DDT AND MALARIA: THE U.N. AND THE BANNING OF CHEMICALS

NEW YORK, DEC. 30, 2000

GERMAN BLASTS BRITISH MOVE AS 'CANNIBALISM'
Other Leaders Score Blair Government on Embryo Research

BERLIN, DEC. 21, 2000

VATICAN AIDE CALLS EMBRYO DECISION A CATASTROPHE
British Move Was "Crime Against Truth," Says Bioethics Expert

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2000

BRITISH  LAWMAKERS VOTE TO EXTEND EMBRYO RESEARCH
Pro-lifer Warns That Human Cloning Is Drawing Near
LONDON, DEC. 19, 2000

CLONING CRITICS SEEK SUPPORT FROM BUSH
WASHINGTON, D.C., DEC. 18, 2000

WANTED: WOMEN'S EGGS FOR RESEARCH
Eventually May Lead to Human "Spare Parts" Kit, Paper Says
LONDON, DEC. 17, 2000

NEW VATICAN DOCUMENT TARGETS EUTHANASIA
Mistaken Antidote to Suffering, Says Academy for Life
ROME, DEC. 12, 2000

TECHNIQUE FOR 'DESIGNER SPERM' PATENTED
Ethical Restraints Being Brushed Aside, Observer Warns

LONDON, DEC. 10, 2000

THE "BABY BUST" IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION, FINALLY
Economic Incentives May Help, But So Would Stable Relationships
SINGAPORE, DEC. 9, 2000

THE UNBORN AS RAW MATERIAL FOR RESEARCH
Use of Human Embryos and Fetal Tissue Seems to Be Rising

PARIS, DEC. 9, 2000 

SICK AND POOR FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES, WITH GOOD REASON
"Don't Kill Me" Is the Dutch Plea as Legal Euthanasia Looms

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, DEC. 5, 2000

BRITISH GOVERNMENT PRESSES FOR EMBRYO RESEARCH
Members of Parliament Being Quietly Lobbied

LONDON, DEC. 4, 2000

AIDS SUMMIT HEARS OF PROGRESS IN HIV CASES
Conclusion of Congress Held in Rome on Epidemic

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 3, 2000

STILL A CHANCE TO STOP EUTHANASIA IN NETHERLANDS?
It's Possible, Says Cardinal Simonis of Utrecht

UTRECHT, Netherlands, DEC. 3, 2000

CIVIC AND SCIENTIFIC HELP URGED FOR HANDICAPPED
Pope Oversees Jubilee for Those of "a Different Ability"

ROME, DEC. 3, 2000

SCIENTISTS CONVERT BONE MARROW INTO BRAIN CELLS
Could Prove That Human Embryos Aren't Needed for Research

LONDON, DEC. 1, 2000

TRUTH VS. LIBERTY IS A FALSE IDEA, THEOLOGIAN SAYS
Monsignor Livio Melina Views Crisis in Ethics

ROME, DEC. 1, 2000

JAPAN LAWMAKERS BAN HUMAN CLONING

TOKYO, NOV. 30, 2000

EUTHANASIA IS NO STRANGER IN MANY COUNTRIES
Illegal, Yes, But It Is Widely Tolerated

ROME, NOV. 29, 2000 

DUTCH EUTHANASIA LAW DECRIED BY VATICAN
Violates Dignity of Person, Spokesman Says

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 29, 2000 

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD IS IN FOCUS
Ignorance Clouds Debate About Biotechnology, Conferee Says

ROME, NOV. 20, 2000

STEM-CELLS BANK TO BE A PIONEER IN EUROPE
University Plan Harmonizes Ethics and New Biogenetic Techniques

ROME, NOV. 20, 2000

MEDICINE CANNOT BE DICTATED BY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY  POPE SAYS 

It is at the Service of Man, John Paul II Insists

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 17, 2000  

WRONG EMBRYOS GIVEN TO 100 WOMEN IN UNITED KINGDOM Other Embryos Thrown Away, Audit of Clinics Shows

LONDON, NOV. 15, 2000  

BISHOPS URGE 'NO' TO HUMAN CLONING FOR RESEARCH  Prelates of England and Wales Make Appeal to Members of Parliament  

LEEDS, England, NOV. 15, 2000

HOSPITAL STORED FETUSES WITHOUT PARENTS' CONSENT  Liverpool Facility in Center of Scandal Again

LIVERPOOL, England, NOV. 14, 2000  

ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS Interview With Professor Giuseppe Bertoni

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 13, 2000 

CHURCH RESPONDS TO QUESTION OF ETHICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY  Interview with Bishop Sgreccia, Vice President of the Academy for Life

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 13, 2000

GENETIC RESEARCH ADVANCES -- BUT FOR THE BEST? Among the Fears: Insurance Screening, and Testing for the Unborn

 LONDON, NOV. 11, 2000  

MISPLACED EMBRYOS, AND OTHER SHOCKS  Reports Point Up the Practical and Medical Problems With In Vitro Fertilization

MELBOURNE, Australia, NOV. 4, 2000

HOUSE OF COMMONS DEFEATS BILL ON HUMAN CLONING

LONDON, NOV. 1, 2000

SPECTER OF HUMAN CLONING RAISES FEARS
Scientists Are Edging Closer

WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 21, 2000 

PATENT FOR HUMAN PIG EMBRYOS WITHDRAWN  Australian Firm Bails Out After Criticism
MELBOURNE, Australia, OCT. 9, 2000

TWO FIRMS WANT TO PATENT MIXED HUMAN-PIG EMBRYOS, GROUP SAYS  Greenpeace Claims Experiment Has Already Taken Place
MADRID, Spain, OCT. 6, 2000 

FRENCH ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ABORTIFACIENT PILL FOR SCHOOLS  Would Allow Public School Nurses to Give It in Junior and Senior High

PARIS, OCT. 6, 2000

EMBRYO CASE GOES AGAINST CHURCH TEACHING  Baby was Selected from 15 Embryos to Help Sibling  

CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2000 

ANESTHETIZE BABIES BEFORE ABORTION, Doctor Says  London Professor Roils Pro-Abortion Colleagues  

LONDON, OCT. 1, 2000 

VATICAN STANCE ON CONDOMS IS UNCHANGED  Misleading Article in International Press
ROME, SEPT. 19, 2000

"FOLLOWING THE EUROPEAN RESOLUTION, ENGLAND SHOULD BACK DOWN"

Interview with Bioethics Expert Gonzalo Herranz

ROME, SEP 8,2000

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES AGAINST CLONING OF TISSUES Calls for Measures to Insure this Practice Is Not Implemented 
STRASBOURG, SEP 7,2000

EMBRYO CLONING IS AN ATOMIC BOMB Bioethics Expert Issues Warning 
ROME, SEPT. 6,2000

PREGNANT WOMEN "INHERIT" SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR CHILDREN  Researchers to Present Amazing Discovery  
MILAN, SEP 5,2000

POPE SAYS CLONING IS NOT NECESSARY FOR PROGRESS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE

ROME, AUGUST 29 , 2000

ROMAN PROFESSOR ANALYZES ADDRESS ON TRANSPLANTS
First Magisterial Pronouncement on "Brain Death"

ROME, AUGUST 29, 2000

THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO CLONING Fr. Gonzalo Miranda Comments on Research Using Human Embryos
VATICAN CITY, AUG. 25, 2000

HOLY SEE PUBLISHES DOCUMENT ON EMBRYO EXPERIMENTATION Labels Clinton Administration's Decision "Hypocrisy"  
VATICAN CITY, AUGUST 24, 2000 

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IS A BUSINESS  Statements by Professor Robert Winston
MILAN, AUGUST 22, 2000

BRITISH HEALTH CHIEF WIDENS POSSIBILITIES OF USE OF EMBRYOS  Supports "Therapeutic" Cloning
LONDON, AUG. 16,2000

FETAL REDUCTION IN MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES? Statements by Fr.Miranda, Bioethics Expert
VATICAN CITY, JULY 16, 2000 

VATICAN REMINDER ELIMINATION OF EMBRYOS IS A FORM OF ABORTION Conceived Being Has Rights That Cannot Be Willfully Taken Away
VATICAN CITY, JULY 13, 2000

NEW CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR MEDICINE To Be Presented to Pope During International Doctors Congress 

ROME, JULY 3, 2000

CODIFICATION OF GENOME COULD LEAD TO BIOGENETIC DICTATORSHIP Comments of Bishop Elio Sgreccia of Pontifical Academy for Life 

ROME, JUNE 28,, 2000

GENETICIST IS NOT A MAGICIAN Interview with James Watson, Discoverer of DNA  

ROME, APR 6, 2000

HARRY GRIFFIN  THIS IS HOW I WILL CLONE A HUMAN  Discusses the "hows" of human cloning.   Catholic Experts Label Experiment "Intrinsically Illicit" 
ROME, APR 5, 2000

SCIENCE MUST NOT SACRIFICE DIGNITY OF UNBORN

 John Paul II Addresses Congress on Gynecology and Obstetrics

VATICAN CITY, APR 3,2000

HUMAN GENOME AVAILABLE ON INTERNET BY JUNE

 Public Project Beats Private Rivals

 WASHINGTON, D.C., MAR 31,2000

NIH CONSIDERS NEW FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH GUIDELINES  The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued new guidelines for  fetal tissue research.  Website of guidelines included.

WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN 30, 2000

PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE PRONOUNCES ON BIOTECHNOLOGY Two New Books Clarify Questions on Genetic Modification

VATICAN CITY, OCT 12, 1999