The academy announced the theme of the Feb. 27-March 1 event that will gather specialists from various countries and disciplines at the Vatican.
Instituted by Pope John Paul II in 1994, the academy’s objectives are the study, information and formation on the principal problems of biomedicine and of law, relative to the promotion and defense of life.
The academy is linked to the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and various other dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
