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Institutions related to the Catholic Church

Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
Date Title
1987-02-22 Instruction "Donum Vitae" on respect for Human Life in its Origin 
and on the Dignity of Procreation
2008-09-08 Instruction "Dignitas Personae" on Certain Bioethical Questions
Comece - The Catholic Church in the European Union
Date Title
2001-11-23 Towards a Strategic Vision of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
2016-01 Opinion of the Reflection Group on Bioethics on Synthetic Biology
2019-01 Robotisation of Life: Ethics in View of New Challenges
Pontifical Council for Culture and Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Date Title
2003-02-03 A Christian Reflection on the "New Age"
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Date Title From
2004 Peace: a need inscribed in the heart of human from the Compendium of the social doctrine of the Church

Ponfitical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2004).
2004 On Safeguarding the Environment, from the “Compendium
 of the Social Doctrine
 of the Church"
Pontifical Academy for Life
Date Title
2003-02-26 Proposal of an Ethical Commitment for Researchers in the Biomedical Field
Secretariat for Non Believers
Date Title
1981-04-03 Declaration on Modern Science and Non Believing
Documents from Bishop Delegations and Conferences
Date Title
1977 Message of the U.S. Delegation to the 1977 Synod of Bishops on The Relationship between the Church and the Scientific Community
International Theological Commission
Date Title
2004 Communion and Stewardship. Human Persons Created in the Image of God
Statements from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Date Title
2001 Final Statement of the Workshop "The Challenges of Science, Education for the 21st Century"
2008 Why the Concept of Death is Valid as a Definition of Brain Death
2009-01-24 On Current Scientific Knowledge on Cosmic Evolution and Biological Evolution
2012-11-10 Statement of the Working Group on Neurosciences and the Human Person
2014-05 Final Statement of the Workshop on "Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility"
2014-05-06 Document on "Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility"
2014-10-01 Final Statement of the Plenary Session on Evolving Concepts of Nature
2016-11-29 Science and Sustainability: Impacts of Scientific Knowledge and Technology on Human Society and its Environment
2016-12-01 Final Statement of the Workshop: Power and Limits of Artificial Intelligence
2017-03-01 Biological Extinction How to Save the Natural World on Which We Depend
2017-10-24 Workshop on Cell Biology and Genetics: Summary Statement
2018-11-15 Final Statement of the Workshop on Climate Change, Health of the Planet and Future of Humanity
2021-10-28 Final Statement on Symbols, Myths and Religious Sense in Humans Since the First. Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
2022-04-08 Preventing Nuclear War and War Against Civilian Populations: Also a Task for the Sciences
2022-09-26 Basic science for human development, peace, and planetary health