Pontifical Academy for Life

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The Pontifical Academy for Life or Pontificia Accademia Pro Vita is a Pontifical Academy of the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to promoting the Church's consistent life ethic. It also does related research on bioethics and Catholic moral theology.

Constitution

Founded in 1994, the Academy is dedicated to "study, information and formation on the principal problems of biomedicine and of law, relative to the promotion and defense of life, above all in the direct relation that they have with Christian morality and the directives of the Church's Magisterium".^[1]

Though the Academy is considered an autonomous entity, it is linked to the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance and various other dicasteries of the Roman Curia.

The Academy has seventy members named by the Pope, who represent different branches of biomedical sciences and sciences which are closely linked with problems concerning the promotion and defense of life. There are also three "ad honorem" members and members by correspondence who work in the Academy's various institutes and centers of study.

Activities

The Academy is responsible for the development and promotion of many of the Catholic teachings on questions of medical ethics including procreation, IVF, gene therapy, euthanasia and abortion.^[2]

It was also responsible for forming, in part, the Church's response to sexual abuse allegations.

On 14 February 2010, the Pope addressed members of the Academy to encourage them in their mission. He reiterated Catholic opposition to legislation relating to biomedical or ethical issues which is decided without moral consideration.^[3]

Leadership

The Academy had been, from 2008, led by Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, former rector of the Pontifical Lateran University. On 30 June 2010, Archbishop Fisichella was named the first President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation by Pope Benedict XVI in a series of important appointments. Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula (previously Chancellor of the Academy) was appointed the new President. Soon after his nomination, he was named a Bishop by Pope Benedict.

Presidents of the Academy

Jérôme Lejeune (1994)
Juan de Dios Vial Correa (1994-2004)
Elio Sgreccia (3 January 2005 – 17 June 2008)
Salvatore Fisichella (17 June 2008 - 30 June 2010)
Ignacio Carrasco de Paula (30 June 2010 – present)

References

Pontifical Academy for Life Publications

↑ "PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES FOR SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCES, LIFE". Retrieved 10 July 2012.
↑ Academia Vita - Publications
↑ "ZENIT - Papal address to the Pontifical Academy of Life". Zenit News Agency. 14 February 2010.

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