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Vatican criticism of Obama stem-cell decision
March 11, 2009
Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has criticized President Barack Obama’s executive order that lifted restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, calling it a “victory of politics over ethics.” The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romanoon March 10 reiterated the Church’s teaching on the dignity of the unborn.
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Further information:
- Vatican angered by US stem cells decision (AP)
- Obama Reverses Clinton Ban on Stem Cell Research (Vatican Radio)
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