Dignitas personae
The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith publishes a new document on certain bioethical questions.
Roman Catholic Church
Moral reflections on vaccines prepared from cells derived from aborted human foetuses
The Pontifical Academy for Life reflects on the use of cells obtained from aborted human fetuses for the production of vaccines.
Signs of death and organ donation
Pope John-Paul II discusses the moment of death, tests for determination of death and organ donation.
Organ donation (2000)
St. pope John Paul II discusses organ donation, death, implicitely brain death, and xenotransplantation.
Organ donation
Pope John Paul II discusses that organ donation must be a free decision. It is also an act of love and solidarity.
Determination of human death
Address to the Working Group on ‘The Determination of Brain Death and its Relationship to Human Death’
Artificial prolongation of life and the determination of the exact moment of death
Address Of to the scientists of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences reflecting on the themes “The Artificial Prolongation of Life and the Determination of the Exact Moment of Death”, and “The Interaction of Parasitic Diseases and Nutrition”.
Immunology, Epidemiology and Social Aspects of Leprosy
Address of Pope John Paul II to the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences reflecting on “Immunology, Epidemiology and Social Aspects of Leprosy”.
Hereditary diseases and contraception
Pope Pius XII adresses moral questions on hereditary diseases and contraception.