Is the Pontifical Academy for Life really an ‘academy’ at all?
Sources say staff, not members, shape both agenda and controversy at the Vatican's pro-life shop
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The Pontifical Academy for Life has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks, as ethicists and moral theologians criticize a newly-published text on moral questions concerning end-of-life healthcare.
According to Pontifical Academy for Life officials, The “Little Lexicon on th…