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International recognition for Australian Catholic University bioethicist
Bridget Pratt, from the Queensland Bioethics Centre at Australian Catholic University, has been recognised globally as a research leader in her field. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
Vatican ‘lexicon’ to help navigate debate on end-of-life issues
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life says public debate on end-of-life issues seems more widespread every time states and nations consider new laws dealing with bioethics and because of social media. Source: CNS.
New Vatican document lists violations of human dignity
Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse and human trafficking, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith says in a new document. Source: OSV News.
Pope warns against inequality in healthcare and clinical research
Inequalities in healthcare and clinical research must be prevented, Pope Francis has told medical doctors, health practitioners, researchers, ethicists and other experts attending a conference at the Vatican. Source: CNS.
ACU names new director of ethics centre
Australian Catholic University and its healthcare partners have announced the appointment of Xavier Symons as the incoming director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics.
UK court denies teenager’s wish to fight for her life
A Catholic bioethics institute in the United Kingdom has criticised a court for denying an “alert and conscious” teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will. Source: OSV News.