Vatican Challenges Arguments on Embryo Research

From Catholic World News:

Feb. 24 (CWNews.com) - The Pontifical Academy for Life will hold an international congress on the human embryo next week, bringing together 350 specialists in the Synod Hall for a two-day meeting on February 27-28.

Bishop Elio Sgreccia, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, briefed reporters about the conference at a February 24 press conference. He said that the scholars taking part in the sessions-- including doctors, philosophers, theologians, and scientific researchers-- would focus on the scientific and bioethical questions involved in the treatment of the embryo prior to implantation.