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Vatican conference: "New frontiers of genetics and the risk of eugenics" The progress of science must not lose sight of the human person. This principle was reiterated this morning in the Holy See …More
Vatican conference: "New frontiers of genetics and the risk of eugenics"

The progress of science must not lose sight of the human person. This principle was reiterated this morning in the Holy See Press Office during the presentation of the Congress "New frontiers of genetics and the risk of eugenics,". The Congress will be held on February 20-21, at the new Synod Hall at the Vatican, and is sponsored by the Pontifical Academy for Life. The speakers of the press conference today noted that while research must move forward, it is necessary to develop and advance the ethical conscience, without which any breakthrough would still be only partial,and never fully addressed to each person in his desire for a fully human life. Man, noted the speakers - is fully a person if he m ...