Tag: Pontifical Academy for Life
End-of-life care should include accompaniment and respect for human dignity, according...
Accompaniment, discernment and respect for God-given human dignity are central to church teaching on end-of-life issues, several Catholic bioethicists told OSV News, following confusion...
Pontifical Academy of Life explores benefits of palliative care
VATICAN CITY — When euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is legalized, “it starts to be regarded as a ‘normal death,’“ and even as the most...
U.S. death row chaplain receives ‘Guardian of Life’ award from papal...
VATICAN CITY — Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house”...
Vatican official Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia says addressing vaccine hesitancy requires dialogue
VATICAN CITY — While men and women have a responsibility to be vaccinated against COVID-19, they also have a responsibility to engage in dialogue...
Disabled people faced more barriers during COVID-19 pandemic, Vatican agency says
VATICAN CITY — People with disabilities were often overlooked and faced discrimination in various health care policies and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, said...
Palliative care makes a difference when accompanying patients on their end...
Drafting the "White Book for Global Palliative Care Advocacy" in 2019, the Pontifical Academy for Life laid out its commitment to a holistic approach...
COVID-19 vaccines are ethically sound, morally necessary to protect ourselves and...
Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro
Pontifical Academy for Life
People can be confident that the approved COVID-19 vaccines are safe and ethical and that receiving the vaccine is...
Pontifical Academy for Life criticizes new liberalization of Italian rules for...
VATICAN CITY -- The Italian health ministry's liberalization of recommendations for using RU-486 to induce an abortion is a further sign that the government...
Rome conference focuses on holistic approach to caring for elderly
VATICAN CITY — Religions share an understanding of the importance of caring for people’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs — and this precious insight...
Pope Francis mourns death of French patient Vincent Lambert after doctors...
VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July...