From Our Shepherds:

Pastoral Statements on Bioethics

Stem Cell Research/ Human Cloning

"On this matter the position of the Church, supported by reason and by science, is clear: scientific research must be encouraged and promoted, so long as it does not harm other human beings, whose dignity is inviolable from the very first stages of existence." - Pope Benedict XVI

Fr. Euteneuer Skeptical of Obama's Intentions for Bioethics Commission

Fr. Berg: Embryo-destructive research and the contraceptive mentality Scientists can now make human eggs and sperm -- no men or women needed.

Fr. Thomas Berg: The (NIH) guidelines are, first and foremost, tragic

Cardinal Rigali Criticizes Final NIH Guidelines for Destructive Stem Cell Research

When Stem Cell Research Gets Personal Interview With Bioethicist Fr. Alfred Cioffi

Bishops' stem-cell campaign continues after NIH comment period ends

Bishops Urge Catholics to Contact Congress and NIH: Oppose Destructive Stem Cell Research

Cardinal Rigali says ‘sweeping' embryonic research rules not pro-life

Bishop Calls Cloning Claims "Disturbing"

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput: Thoughts on a ‘new beginning,’ and an old truth Obama's policy "when it comes to embryonic stem cell research and other troubling bioethical issues will help define the moral character of his presidency—or the lack of it."

Fr. Roger Landry: The president used religious rhetoric and broad smiles to try to mask the evil he was authorizing.

Bishop Olmstead: “Science should trump ideology” is a code phrase that means science should trump the Fifth Commandment."Bishop Sgreccia: Designer Babies, Science Gone Awry Zenit

Bishop D'Arcy on Obama's decision to fund ESCR: "This decision by the president is an imposition of a utilitarian ideology, which allows a group of human beings that some believe do not share human dignity, to be used and exploited."

Cardinal Rigali: Obama Executive Order on Embryonic Stem Cells 'A Sad Victory of Politics over Science and Ethics'

Fr. John Flynn: Manipulating Life Concerns Over the Use of Artificial Fecundation

Vatican daily slams embryonic stem cell research

Bishop Vasa: Parents Should Protest Fetal Vaccines From Aborted Babies

Michigan Catholic Conference praises new stem cell method

Human cloning is immoral, Vatican reiterates in new document CNS

Legal Protection for Unborn, Support for Mothers Both Needed,
Say Cardinal Rigali and Bishop Murphy USCCB

Bishop Serratelli: No Right to Life! No Freedom! CatholicOnline

When Society Begins in Test Tubes Br. John Antonio

US Bishops: Stem Cell Issue Not Science vs. Religion Zenit

Science, religion not in conflict, bishops say in stem-cell document CNS

New York’s $600 Million Question Will non-embryonic stem-cell research get its fair share of the funding pie? Fr. Thimas Berg, NRO

Stem Cell Research Must Serve All, Sacrifice None Wisconsin Catholic Conference

Cardinal Rigali Welcomes Proposed Human/Animal Hybrid Ban USCCB

NY Diocese begins stem-cell-education program

Aim of science to help not the same as respect for life, pope says

Vatican official condemns cloning of human embryos by US company

MA BISHOPS’ STATEMENT ON ADVANCES IN STEM CELL RESEARCH