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

Dec 04, 2025 08:26

The debates surrounding assisted suicide offered few reasonable arguments in favor of euthanasia Photo: R.MAGHDESSIAN /Getty Images

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

Bioethics•Justice and Peace•Local Church

Historic and Divisive: UK Parliament Advances Assisted Suicide Bill

Church figures have been at the forefront of opposition, emphasizing the sanctity of life and the moral imperative to support those in need through care, not expedited death. Bishop John Sherrington of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales reiterated these concerns post-vote.

Dec 02, 2024 17:31

ZENIT Staff

A simple, concrete, and timely meditation on work based on the nativity scene created by Leo XIV

Congratulations to the employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of Vatican City State, and the Vicariate of Rome, together with their families.

2 two fundamental aspects of the life of the Church: mission and communion explained by Leo XIV to the curia in a great speech

Address of the Pope to the Roman Curia on two fundamental aspects of the life of the Church: mission and communion, on the occasion of the annual Christmas greetings

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

Historic and Divisive: UK Parliament Advances Assisted Suicide Bill