“It Is Tempting for Scientists and Policy-Makers to Brush Aside Ethical Objections” VATICAN CITY, NOV. 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of an address Benedict XVI gave Saturday to participants in an international conference on stem cell research, which was held at the Vatican. Dear Brother Bishops, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends, … [...]
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Pope on Stem Cell Research
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[They] are basic units of society, Pope writes November 10, 2011 The family “is not a private entity enclosed in itself,” Pope Benedict XVI wrote in a message to the 2nd National Family Congress in Ecuador. “By its vocation it makes a wonderful and decisive contribution to the common good of society and the mission [...]
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 2, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI today affirmed that guardian angels surround human life with “unceasing protection” from its beginning until the hour of death. The Pope said this today, which is the feast of the guardian angels, in his customary address before praying the midday Angelus. After a reflection on the readings [...]
Cardinal Newman Offers Well-Founded Answer ZE11100503 – 2011-10-05 Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-33602?l=english\ By Father Juan R. Vélez LOS ANGELES, California, OCT. 5, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Many people consider there is little more to life than thinking as they wish and doing as they feel. They speak of “my truth” and “my conscience,” refusing to acknowledge an objective moral [...]
Clarifies Nature of Ecumenism in Visit to Luther’s Convent ERFURT, Germany, SEPT. 23, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI says that ecumenism isn’t an exercise in negotiation, in which benefits and drawbacks are weighed in search of a consensus. “A self-made faith is worthless,” he says. The Pope stated this today at an ecumenical celebration at the [...]