Ignacio Carrasco de Paula

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Ignacio Carrasco de Paula (born October 25, 1937 in Barcelona , Spain ) is a Roman Catholic priest and emeritus Curia Bishop . From 1984 to 1994 he was Rector of the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome, from 2010 to 2016 President of the Pontifical Academy for Life .

Life

Ignacio Carrasco de Paula received his doctorate in both philosophy and medicine with a focus on surgery in 1962 . He was ordained a priest on August 8, 1966 in Rome .

From 1984 to 1994 Carrasco was Rector of the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome and from 1994 to 2002 Dean of the Faculty of Moral Theology . From 2002 to 2009 he was Professor of Bioethics at the Medical Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore UCSC in Rome, where he was Director of the Institute for Bioethics. Carrasco was advisor to the Pontifical Family Council and the Council for Health Pastoral Care and from 1984 to 1994 a member of the ethics committee for clinical studies at the Roman Hospital Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù . Carrasco has published numerous articles on the scope of bioethics, medical ethics, and forensic medicine.

In 2005 he was appointed Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life (Pro Vita) by Pope John Paul II . Ignacio Carrasco de Paula was born on June 30, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed President of the Pontifical Academy for Life and Titular Bishop of Thapsus on September 15, 2010 . He was ordained bishop on October 9, 2010 by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone SDB in St. Peter's Basilica ; Co- consecrators were the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome , Agostino Vallini , and the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life , Franc Rodé CM .

His term of office ended with the appointment of Vincenzo Paglia as President of the Pontifical Academy for Life on August 15, 2016.

Ignacio Carrasco de Paula belongs to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei .

Act

Carrasco announced that in 2011 it would publish a comprehensive scientific paper on the effects of abortion on the mental and emotional health of women.

In October 2010 Ignacio Carrasco de Paula criticized the award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine to the British researcher Robert Edwards , but also recognized the advances in reproductive medicine .

Fonts

  • Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Paloma Chorro Vizcaíno: Identidad y estatuto del embrión humano , Ediciones Internacionales Universitarias 2000, ISBN 978-84-8469-002-3
  • Ignacio Carrasco de Paula: Bioetica. Morale della vita e integrità della persona umana nella prospettiva cattolica , Edusc 2001, ISBN 978-88-8333-005-6
  • Ignacio Carrasco de Paula: Questioni di bioetica , Edusc 2001, ISBN 978-88-8333-004-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of June 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ Elevazione alla del Presidente della dignità episcopale Pontificia Accademia per la Vita , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of 15 September, 2010.
  3. ^ Nomina del Gran Cancelliere del Pontificio Istituto “Giovanni Paolo II” per Studi su Matrimonio e Famiglia e nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , August 17, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 (Italian).
  4. ^ John L. Allen : Vatican academy mulls how pro-life is pro-life enough. In: National Catholic Reporter , May 30, 2012, accessed September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Vatican to study impact of abortion on women" , ICN, August 2, 2010
  6. ↑ "Vatican Shares Criticism of Nobel Prize Awards" , Welt, October 5, 2010
  7. ↑ Nobel prize ignores moral problems with IVF, says Italian professor ( Memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ "Vatican relativizes criticism of Nobel Prize winner Edwards" , domradio.de, October 5, 2010
predecessor Office successor
Rino Fisichella President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
2010–2016 		Vincenzo Paglia
personal data
SURNAME Carrasco de Paula, Ignacio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish clergyman, Curia Bishop emeritus and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona , Spain