Controversies over bioethical standards at U.S. Catholic hospitals show the need for greater Catholic education for health care workers, Vatican officials said [last] Thursday (Feb. 3).
Church leaders said a new set of biomedical guidelines will be published later this year, as well as a separate document on AIDS prevention after last year’s controversial remarks by Pope Benedict XVI on the morality of condom use.
The announcement, at a press conference to publicize educational initiatives of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, did not include a publication date for the AIDS document.
Finally. This should have been done in the 80’s at least. But, better now than later.
Leaving matters like this to local bishops whose personal attention to the often arcane detail of hospital administration and the application of moral teaching is at best spotty. The national conference in the US hasn’t been effective either. So now it’s Rome’s time to step in.
Thank the Lord the cavalry have arrived.
#2, hey, 20 years late is like emergency warp speed for the Vatican to do something like this..