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Therapeutic Experiments Must Respect Basic Ethical Norms

October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

  “The new frontiers of pharmaceutical activity” is the theme of the 25th international congress of Catholic pharmacists, currently being held in Rome. The participants in the meeting were received today by Benedict XVI.
  In his brief remarks to them the Pope first considered current developments in drugs and medicine and the therapeutic possibilities they [...]

Oct

29

Martyrs Encourage Us to Work for Reconciliation

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  At midday today, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his private study overlooking St. Peter’s Square in order to pray the Angelus with thousands of faithful gathered below. Most of those present were Spaniards who had just attended a ceremony for the beatification of 498 Spanish martyrs of the 20th century, presided in [...]

Oct

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Joy Is Rooted in the Freedom That God Gives

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  This evening in the Paul VI Hall, Benedict XVI attended a concert held in his honor, during which the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir played Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The event was organized to thank the Pope for his visit to Bavaria of September 2006.
  At the end of the concert the Holy Father [...]

Oct

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Cardinal Urges Religious to Get Blogging

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Says Internet Youth Forums Need Real Christian Message
Benedict XVI’s vicar for the Diocese of Rome expressed his hopes that religious men and women increase their use of information technology, and thus take advantage of what he called a new form of apostolate.
Cardianl Camillo Ruini spoke to the religious at the Pontifical Urbanian University during the [...]

Oct

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Cardinal Supports Proposed “Improvement” of Abortion Law

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But Affirms Sacredness of All Human Life
As British Parliament considers lowering the age limit for abortions, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor weighed in, supporting any vote that ushers in what he called incremental improvements to an unjust law.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, archbishop of Westminster, noted his support for a lowering of the age limit in a statement published today [...]