US EditionAcademy for Life Gets New Leader with Difficult Tightrope to Walk
- On May 27, 2025, Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro was named the new head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, taking over from Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia in Vatican City.
- Paglia retired after reaching the mandatory age of 80 in April 2025, following a tenure marked by controversies and a broader mission under Pope Francis since 2016.
- Pegoraro, a physician, bioethicist, and longtime chancellor since 2011, holds degrees in medicine and moral theology and has extensive experience in nursing ethics and bioethics education.
- The Pontifical Academy for Life, established in 1994 by Pope John Paul II to defend human life dignity, has faced disputes over ethical issues including contraception, assisted suicide, and controversial publications during Paglia’s leadership.
- Pegoraro’s appointment suggests continuity with recent policies but raises questions about his positions on difficult bioethical debates amid internal divisions and challenges to the academy’s original mission.
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, bioengineering and end-of-life issues.
Academy for Life gets new leader with difficult tightrope to walk
ROME – On Monday, the Pontifical Academy for Life announced that after the at times tumultuous tenure of its previous leadership, Italian priest, bioethicist and physician Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro has been named as its new president. In a May 27 statement, the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) said that Pegoraro, who previously served as chancellor of the academy, meaning its de facto second-in-command, had been tapped as president of the instit…
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littlebytesnews.comPope Leo XIV Appoints Controversial New Pontifical Academy for Life President
Pope Leo XIV this week appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro — longtime chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life involved in a controversy over his 2022 comment suggesting contraception could be permissible in certain cases — as the academy’s new president. Msgr. Pegoraro succeeds Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who became president in 2016. Msgr. Pegoraro studied in Padua and Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in moral theology and a diploma in…
Pope Leo XIV taps Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro for presidency of Pontifical Academy for Life
Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro is the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. / Credit: ACI Stampa National Catholic Register, May 27, 2025 / 19:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor... [...]
Pope taps Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro as president of Pontifical Academy for Life
Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro is the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. / Credit: ACI Stampa National Catholic Register, May 27, 2025 / 19:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its outgoing president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, signaling a desire to continue the course set under Pope Francis.Until his appointment on Tuesday, Pegoraro, 65, …
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