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Pope Francis asks Pontifical Academy for Life to study ethics of emerging technologies

February 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis with the Pontifical Academy for Life on Feb. 20, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Feb 20, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy for Life on Monday that it faces an enormous task in evaluating t… […]

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Pope Francis praises pro-abortion economist on papal commission in remarks about women

November 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 12

Pope Francis speaks with members of the press on the flight from Bahrain to Rome. / Alexey Gotovsky/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Nov 6, 2022 / 10:25 am (CNA).
While speaking about the gifts of women during an in-flight press conference on Sunday, Pope F… […]

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Is new Pontifical Academy of Life appointee pro-abortion? She won’t say

October 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Sheila Dinotshe Tlou, a nurse and professor of nursing education from Botswana, has played a leading role in HIV/AIDS prevention and other health causes. Her appointment to the Pontifical Academy for Life was announced on Oct. 15, 2022. / Screen… […]

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Catholic doctor criticizes Pontifical Academy for Life’s appointing of abortion advocates

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
A leading Catholic physician voiced harsh criticism of the continued appointment of “pro-abortion academics, advocates of euthanasia to some degree, … […]

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Vatican: Pro-abortion member of Pontifical Academy for Life contributes to ‘dialogue’

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 13

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, enjoys a milkshake at Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Philadelphia, March 9, 2015. / Sarah Webb/CatholicPhilly.com.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 14:45 pm (CN… […]

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Pope Francis appoints pro-abortion economist to Pontifical Academy for Life

October 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 31

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
One of the newest members of the Pontifical Academy for Life appointed by Pope Francis is an outspoken advocate of abortion right… […]

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Church and contraception: Experts expose errors in Pontifical Academy for Life book

September 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 27, 2022 / 10:07 am (CNA).
Nine international experts have pointed out in an open letter the serious errors contained in a book published a few weeks ago by the Pontific… […]

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Theologian at Academy for Life claims one may dissent from Church teaching on contraception

August 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 17

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Rome Newsroom, Aug 22, 2022 / 11:25 am (CNA).
The Pontifical Academy for Life has published an interview with a theologian who says Catholic teaching on contraception is open for “theological discussion, within the… […]

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Reacting to pontifical academy, theologian says teaching of Humanae vitae can’t change

August 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 25

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Denver, Colo., Aug 8, 2022 / 19:01 pm (CNA).
The teaching of Humanae vitae on contraception is an instance of the ordinary and universal magisterium, and as such is irreformable, a moral theologian has said in respon… […]

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Pope Francis on birth control: Can the teaching of the Church on contraception change?

July 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference from Malta, April 3, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, Jul 30, 2022 / 04:38 am (CNA).
Can the Church’s teaching on birth control change? During Pope Francis’ return flight from Canada… […]

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