Beperken van antimicrobiële resistentie

Romeinse Curie en Congregatie voor de Geloofsleer

Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development for World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 17.11.2018

The following is the Message of the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, His Eminence Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, for World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW), which takes place from 12 to 18 November 2018, on the theme Limiting the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance – A Call to Action:

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Note on Italian vaccine issue

Pauselijke Academie voor het Leven

The Pontifical Academy for Life issued a document commenting on the Italian vaccine issue, in collaboration with the “Ufficio per la Pastorale della Salute” of Italian Bishops’ Conference and the “Association of Italian Catholic Doctors”, on July 31, 2017.

Embryo mens vanaf de conceptie

Pauselijke Academie voor het Leven

door mgr.dr. W.J.Eijk

Introduction
One of the central subjects in the discussion about whether abortion, experiments on embryos and so called therapeutic cloning is licit is that of the status of the embryo. The reaching of the status of a human individual or human person means that the embryo has a connected moral status, a dignity from which come the rights attributed to all human beings. Before reaching this status it is said to be licit to abort the embryo or use it as material for experiments, thereby eliminating it.

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