Pope Denounces Some Biotech as Affront to 'Human Dignity'

eldavojohn writes "Today in a speech the pope denounced human cloning, embryonic stem cell research and artificial insemination, citing them as a violation of 'human dignity.' That said, the pope did 'appreciate and encourage' research on stem cells from non-embryonic cells in the human body. The pope encouraged the Vatican to be a leading voice in the philosophy and discussion of bioethics. 'Church teaching certainly cannot and must not weigh in on every novelty of science, but it has the task to reiterate the great values which are on the line and to propose to faithful and all men of good will ethical-moral principles and direction for new, important questions,' Benedict said."

Comments

LISTEN TO THE POPE!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Please listen to what the Pope is saying!!! I'm Catholic and I strongly believe the Pope is right! He's always right! Humans shouldn't play God. Please listen to the Pope and just stop what you're doing!! :(

As a former Catholic and current geek,

[krog]

I gotta say: if this is the first, or second, or tenth issue that "is gonna cause some serious headaches for you at church", you aren't paying very close attention.

Re:As a former Catholic and current geek,

[Anonymous Coward]

"I have a headache" is what I tell my priest when he wants to spend some quality alter time with me.

Ethics?

[Plazmid]

Ethics? We don't need no steenkin' ethics!

Re:On behalf of all geek catholics..

[hostyle]

In other news: Science denounces some pope as 'irrelevant theorist'

Re:How about silence?

[TheDormouse]

What happens when the zygote later divides, to form identical twins? Does God intervene and inject a new soul into the womb?

Nope. One out of every set of twins doesn't have a soul. Everybody knows that.