The Catholic Church in Poland Takes a Stand on Surrogacy and Faces a Battle to Defend Religious Education Classes

Sep 09, 2026 10:26

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Bioethics

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

Dr. Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology, has described the project as “mature” and commercially ready, with prototypes expected to sell for around US$14,000 in the coming year

Aug 20, 2025 22:06

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics

U.S. to Destroy $10 Million in Contraceptives

Tammy Bruce, State Department spokesman said the sale of such contraceptives and abortifacients would violate U.S. policy that forbids U.S. financial support for abortion overseas. She also said the material could be used “in a kind of forced sterilization framework that some nations do apply” that the U.S. cannot contribute to.

Aug 17, 2025 22:48

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Bioethics

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

A recent academic analysis, published in the journal «Fertility and Sterility», has brought fresh attention to this ethical fault line. It estimates that for every child born through IVF, many more embryos — each a distinct human life in the earliest stage — are eliminated. Conservative projections suggest that since 1978, the number of embryos lost directly through IVF procedures could exceed 270 million

Aug 15, 2025 09:57

Tim Daniels

Bioethics•Cardinals and Bishops•Gender Ideology

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

The cardinal, who serves as Archbishop of Utrecht and is a long-standing member of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Jun 08, 2025 09:24

ZENIT Staff

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

Leo XIV begins the second half of 2026 by reversing two more of Pope Francis’s measures

Neither move necessarily represents a repudiation of Francis’s objectives

Pope Leo XIV grants Mexico a Jubilee Year thanks to Our Lady of Guadalupe: here are the reasons, dates, and what you need to know

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the decision, describing it as a time of grace for the faithful. The concession was made through the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican institution responsible, among other matters, for granting and regulating indulgences.

The Catholic Church in Poland Takes a Stand on Surrogacy and Faces a Battle to Defend Religious Education Classes

France legalizes euthanasia but also safeguards the right to conscientious objection

The Vatican says “yes” to animal-to-human organ transplants: here’s what a new document says

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bills Passed in the National Assembly: The Church in France Reacts

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