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VINCENZO PAGLIA is a busy man. Along with juggling two big Vatican jobs, he is the postulator for the cause of the canonisation of Oscar Romero (as well, incidentally, as the cause for the beatification of the Cuban priest, Félix Varela). As we sit in his office, I realise that the sound of church bells is […]

I would like to welcome all who are participating in this International Conference, “Palliative Care:  Everywhere and by Everyone.  Palliative Care in Every Region.  Palliative Care in Every Religion or Belief.”  The Pontifical Academy for Life is pleased to sponsor our Conference as part of its PAL-LIFE Project, whose goal is the spread and development […]

London, 13th of february, 2018, Catholic Voices Academy THE PROCLAMATION OF LIFE IN A MISSIONARY PERSPECTIVE – february 13, 2018 read and download  LA PROCLAMAZIONE DELLA VITA IN CHIAVE MISSIONARIA – Londra, 13 febbraio 2018 leggi e scarica in pdf  

Oxford Ascombe Center – Las Casas Institute, 12th of february 2018 HUMAN DIGNITY AND BIOETHICS – february 12, 2018 read and download Desidero anzitutto ringraziarvi per questo invito e per l’attualità del tema che avete scelto di propormi. La questione della dignità umana è infatti molto presente nel dibattito pubblico, sia nell’ambito della bioetica, sia […]

(ANSA) – Vatican City, January 25 – The Vatican on Thursday slammed the cloning of two monkeys in China. “Not everything that is possible is right,” said Msgr Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life. “We must always consider the effects of our interventions on the ecosystem and weigh the risk of making […]

by Preetu Nair Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president, Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican, who was recently in Kochi to attend the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) national health convention talks about palliative care provided by Catholic hospitals in India that the world needs to imitate, Pontifical Academy for Life’s long-term vision and why they are against IVF. What is the […]

On September 23 and 24, a delegation from the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life participated in the 74th General Assembly of the Catholic Health Association of India in Kochi, Kerala. The Academy’s President, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, opened the Assembly, which was attended by more than 800 delegates from Catholic healthcare facilities throughout India.  The subject […]

John L. Allen Jr. September 23, 2017 ROME – All leaders naturally run into certain constituencies that can’t help but view them with a degree of skepticism sometimes. From the beginning, one such group in the Church Francis has struggled to bring around has been the most outspoken, and most deeply committed, pro-life thinkers and […]

Elise Harris/CNA/EWTN News VATICAN CITY — On Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio changing the legal status of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, making it a theological institute charged with studying marriage and the family from a scientific perspective. The motu proprio, titled Summa Familiae Cura, meaning “Highest Care of Families,” was published […]

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has set up a new Pontifical institute for the study of marriage and the family, replacing the organisation set up by his predecessor in 1981. In a Motu Proprio, published on Tuesday, the Vatican announced that the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences is being established […]

(Vatican Radio) August 15th 2017 marks the centenary of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated for speaking out on behalf of the poor and oppressed during his country’s military dictatorship. There are many events planned to mark the anniversary year, both in his native El Salvador but also […]