Articles on this issue "biology"
Both scientists and believers posit that life is a "special outcome" in a "vast and mostly inhospitable universe," and to study this common understanding, the Vatican brought together an …
read moreBenedict XVI has appointed Father Denis Brennan, a 60-year-old pastor from Taghmon, County Wexford, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Ferns. The Pope's appointment was announced today. Denis …
read moreBenedict XVI explained that the dignity of a human being is not identified with his DNA genes -- and thus it does not diminish when genetic defects exist. The Pope\'s explanation was heard …
read moreA report revealing decades of sexual abuse by 21 priests in the Diocese of Ferns sent shock waves through the Church in Ireland last week. Meanwhile, Archbishop Michael Neary of Tuam today …
read moreThe verifiable suffering of the human fetus poses serious reflections for doctors and researchers, and proves it is unscientific to treat "prenatal life as second-class," says a noted Italian …
read moreThe great number of beatifications and canonizations of John Paul II's pontificate express a key emphasis of his ministry: holiness. "The valuation of holiness, both at the theological as well …
read moreResearchers announced that the mapping of the human genome is finished, the Washington Post reported April 15. Scientists at the body heading the United States' part of the project, located at …
read moreAt the end of its Ninth General Assembly, the Pontifical Council for Life issued the following concluding statement on the "Ethics of Biomedical Research For a Christian Vision." The council, …
read moreThe Pontifical Academy for Life launched a campaign among scientists and researchers for more humanized medicine. The initiative of this institution was launched at the conclusion of the …
read moreA story in Fridays ZENIT said this city, built for Chernobyl-plant workers, is still considered dangerous because of radiation from the 1986 nuclear accident. Nuclear specialists subsequently …
read moreA Catholic church was inaugurated in Slavutyc, a city built for workers of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The first Mass was celebrated May 21 by Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, apostolic nuncio in …
read moreNewly revised norms for the distribution and reception of Holy Communion under both species by Catholics in the United States have been authorized by the Vatican and decreed by the president …
read moreCatholics of the Roman rite will be able to go to Communion ordinarily under both eucharistic species, according to a note published by the Holy See. The document on "Communion Under Both …
read moreIn the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and the U.S. military action in Afghanistan, ZENIT asked Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to comment on the moral principles -- and reactions -- that …
read moreA machine at an remote site that handles mail for the White House tested positive for anthrax, the latest chapter in the rash of bioterrorism that has hit the United States in the wake of …
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