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Catholics hopeful on abortion, health policy after Kennedy’s confirmation as HHS secretary

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 07:30 am Prominent U.S. Catholics are expressing optimism after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following an arduous confirmation process that saw him challenged on several issues key to the …
Pope Francis at G7: AI must not replace human decision-making

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 14, 2024 / 11:00 am Pope Francis stressed that human dignity requires that the decisions of artificial intelligence (AI) be under the control of human beings as he participated for the first time in a G7 summit on Friday. “Faced with the marvels of machines, …
As LA County limits emergency care amid COVID surge, ethicists weigh in

by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2021 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- Los Angeles County has announced it is limiting non-COVID emergency care, due to hospitals having reached a “point of crisis” during the pandemic, promoting ethicists to discuss whether the act is justified. On Monday, the Emergency Medical …
The ethics of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine

CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2020 / 03:01 pm MT (CNA).- While the Bishop of Tyler asserted Monday that the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna “is not morally produced”, the National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Charlotte Lozier Institute have reached a contrary conclusion, saying the vaccine’s production is not …