The Pope and Science :The Scientist [9/5/2005]

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by Richard Gallagher Editor and Ivan Oransky Deputy Editor

The Pope and Science

Email: Richard Gallagher - rgallagher@the-scientist.com; Ivan Oransky - ioransky@the-scientist.com
The Scientist 2005, 19(9):6

As we write, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has just been formally installed as Pope Benedictus XVI. If his past pronouncements on science are any indicator, he is unlikely to liberalize the position of the Catholic Church on the subject. For example, Ratzinger has criticized genetic manipulation and embryonic cloning, although the latter is not a particular surprise. Even when it has "good goals," he has said, such research cannot be justified.


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