Pope Issues Clarion Call for Defense of Human Life, Dignity in Medicine
Pope Leo XIV praised the geneticist’s defense of life and warned that technology must never replace ethics in medicine.
- Pope Leo XIV received members of the Foundation honoring Venerable Professor Jérôme Lejeune, celebrating the centenary of the pioneer who discovered the chromosomal abnormality responsible for trisomy 21.
- Describing him as a "man of science and wisdom," Pope Leo XIV noted that Lejeune realized his scientific discovery would be used to eradicate people with trisomy 21 before birth, prompting his denunciation of the "new eugenics."
- "Medicine, he liked to say, is hatred of disease and love for the sick person," Pope Leo XIV recalled. The Pope stressed that technology must never become the servant of "programmed death."
- Highlighting Lejeune's friendship with John Paul, which helped establish the Pontifical Academy, Pope Leo XIV urged members to reject the "violation of the Hippocratic oath" and serve the common good.
- Attendees from Argentina, the United States, and Korea gathered to hear the Pope express hope that Lejeune's work may inspire "the courage of truth" in professionals seeking coherence.
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Pope Leo XIV has warned this Monday of the risk of a drift towards 'chromosomal racism', when babies likely to have genetic diseases or Down syndrome are aborted. "A doctor should never allow himself, based on laboratory algorithms, to decide on the life of such an embryo or such an older person," he explained during a meeting in Rome with representatives of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of this Fre…
A few days after the anniversary of the centenary of the birth of Professor Jérôme Lejeune, on June 13, the representatives of the foundation bearing his name were received in the audience hall of the Vatican. Leo XIV praised their "commitment to life and human dignity", encouraging them to continue the fight led by the one who devoted his existence to the defence of the most vulnerable. "Be like him witnesses engaged in society, at the service …
Pope issues clarion call for defense of human life, dignity in medicine
Pope Leo XIV issued a forceful defense of human life and dignity on Monday, calling on Catholics in medicine and related fields of biomedical research to be “committed witnesses in society, dedicated to the constant pursuit of the common good.” “This is the first great principle of the Church’s social teaching,” the pontiff said, “and the ‘social form’ of the dignity recognized in everyone.” “The common good excludes none of those who were creat…
"The value of a person does not depend on what he realizes or produces. (ANSA)
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