Vatican to Draft Guidelines for Catholic Hospitals

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Controversies over bioethical standards at U.S. Catholic hospitals show the need for greater Catholic education for health care workers, Vatican officials said Thursday (Feb. 3). Church leaders said a new set of biomedical guidelines will be...

Synthetic Biological Advancement Poses Questions

On May 20, J. Craig Venter announced that he and his team have successfully created “the first self-replicating species we’ve had on the planet whose parent is a computer.” The announcement was followed by a flurry of sensationalist headlines. The...