Wednesday, November 26, 2008
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican plans to issue a new document on bioethics that addresses human cloning, stem-cell research and other issues, informed sources said.The Vatican instruction, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was scheduled to be published Dec. 12, the sources said. A Vatican press conference is planned for its release.The document was designed to examine ethical issues in biological research and health care that have emerged in recent years. When members of the doctrinal congregation met in a plenary session last January, U.S. Cardinal William J.