Assisted suicide increases by 30% in Spain: the drift toward which other countries are heading

Jan 28, 2026 17:37

Covadonga Asturias

Medically Assisted Suicide

Bioethics•Local Church

Britain: Catholic hospitals could close (or go to jail) if euthanasia legalized

Sherrington’s alarm is echoed by a growing number of voices, including members of Parliament such as Edward Leigh, who stated flatly: “If religious orders are forced to facilitate this practice, they will abandon the care homes entirely.”

May 22, 2025 18:15

Elizabeth Owens

Bioethics•Local Church

Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand IVF Access Amid Ethical and Religious Debate

The executive order comes amid growing debate over the ethics of IVF, particularly concerning the fate of unused embryos. Official data from 2021 show that at least 85,000 children were born via IVF that year, while an estimated one million embryos remain frozen in U.S. laboratories.

Feb 23, 2025 20:57

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics•Local Church

USA: IVF Destroys Human Life, Bishops Urge Ethical Alternatives

“The IVF industry treats human beings like products and freezes or kills millions of children who are not selected for transfer to a womb or do not survive. Tuesday’s executive order promoting IVF is thus fatally flawed and stands in regrettable contrast to the promising pro-life actions of the Administration last month.

Feb 23, 2025 20:41

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics•Local Church•Marriage and Family

USCCB Releases Guidance on Assisted Reproduction, Rejecting IVF and Surrogacy

While maintaining their opposition to IVF, the bishops were careful to affirm the worth and dignity of children born through the procedure, emphasizing that every child is a blessing and loved by God

Feb 14, 2025 15:43

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics•Dicasteries•Rome

First Vatican Summit Is Announced on Longevity: Science, Ethics and Future of Longevity

This project hopes to promote a model of longevity that is not limited to increase the years of life, but that enriches them in terms of quality, dignity and sustainability, integrating science, ethics and spirituality.

Feb 06, 2025 16:00

ZENIT Staff

In what sense is the Bible the Word of God in human words? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope’s general audience, February 4, 2026, on “Sacred Scripture: God’s Word in human words”

Leo XIV Prepares for a 2026 of Key Trips: Peru and Africa on the Horizon. Here Is All That Is Known

Peru will not be the only significant stop. The Vatican is also working on what will be Leo XIV’s first African visit as Pope. Although there is still no official schedule, two countries have already publicly confirmed their inclusion: Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

Assisted suicide increases by 30% in Spain: the drift toward which other countries are heading

Yes, Evil Can Be Defeated: Slovenes Say «No» to Euthanasia in Referendum

Official United Nations rapporteur and human rights expert wants to see an end to surrogacy

China: Laboratory claims to be on the verge of launching robots with uteruses to give birth to babies

U.S. to Destroy $10 Million in Contraceptives

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization

Cardinal Eijk Calls for Deeper Church Engagement on Gender Medicine and Bioethics

Britain: Catholic hospitals could close (or go to jail) if euthanasia legalized

Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand IVF Access Amid Ethical and Religious Debate

USA: IVF Destroys Human Life, Bishops Urge Ethical Alternatives

USCCB Releases Guidance on Assisted Reproduction, Rejecting IVF and Surrogacy

First Vatican Summit Is Announced on Longevity: Science, Ethics and Future of Longevity