The splendor of truth in Science and Bioethics
2025 Edition
Rome - Italy
Jérôme Lejeune and the challenges of Bioethics in the 21st century
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Welcome and Inauguration
Mr. Jean-Marie Le Méné, President of the Fondation Jérôme Lejeune. Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. France.
Prof. Dr. Mónica López Barahona, President of the International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune. Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Spain.
Science and Bioethics at the service of Truth
Chair: Prof. Mónica López Barahona, President of the International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune. Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Spain.
His Eminence Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. Physician. Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Netherland.
Can immutable Truth stand up to the truths of science?
Chair: Prof. Elena Postigo Solana, Academic Director of the International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune. Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Spain.
Prof. Juan Arana Cañedo-Argüelles, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Universidad de Sevilla. Full Member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas. Spain.
Can Science lead us to Truth and by which route?
Chair: Ms. Aude Dugast, Academic Director of the International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune, French section. France.
Prof. Bernard Schumacher, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Université de Fribourg and at the Institut Philanthropos. Switzerland.
Does a Natural Law exist?
Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Walkey, Associate Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. United States of America.
Prof. Thibaud Collin, Philosopher and essayist, specialist in Moral and Political Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy in Preparatory Classes at Collège Stanislas in Paris. France.
Ethics OF the situation or IN the situation? How to establish Moral Truth in bioethical action
Chair: Prof. John A. Di Camillo, Doctor in Bioethics at the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum in Rome. President of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC). United States of America.
Prof. Stephan Kampowski, Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at the Pontificio Istituto Teologico “Giovanni Paolo II” per le Scienze del Matrimonio e della Famiglia. Italy.
Truth and Medical Deontology: the case of Genetic Counseling
Chair: Dr. Pilar García, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery; Medical Director, Jérôme Lejeune Institute in Madrid. Spain.
Prof. Teresa Perucho Alcalde, Clinical and Molecular Geneticist of the Unit of Genomic Medicine at Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Spain.
Prof. Emmanuel Sapin, Professor Emeritus of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU de Dijon. France.
Dr. Robin Pierucci, MA, Neonatologist. Director and Founder of Navigating Fetal Concerns Clinic. Co-Chair of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) ProLife Committee. Member of the Catholic Medical Association. United States of America.
Truth and Conscientious Objection
Chair: Prof. Guillermo A. Morales Sancho, Lawyer specialized in Constitutional and Human Rights Law. Legal Counselor in Europe for ADF International in Vienna. Austria.
Prof. Grégor Puppinck, Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice. France.
Prof. Jorge Nicolás Lafferriere, Doctor in Legal Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Director of Centro de Bioética, Persona y Familia. Argentina.
The Truth about man: how to confront Gender Dysphoria?
Chair: Ms. Françoise Raguet, Founder of a Bioethics training program for young people. France.
Prof. Emmanuel Sapin, Professor Emeritus of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU de Dijon. France.
The Truth at the beginning of humanity: the creation of the world and the appearance of man on earth
Chair: Prof. Enzo Pennetta, Biologist. Professor of Natural Sciences. Essayist and author of Inquiry into Darwinism. Italy.
Prof. Michael D. Taylor, Philosopher, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. Author of the award-winning The Foundations of Nature: Metaphysics of Gift for an Integral Ecological Ethic. United States of America.
Dr. Angelo Carfì, Doctor of Astronomy. Surgeon at the Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli. Italy.
Mr. Olivier Bonnassies, Entrepreneur. Graduate of Polytechnique and Theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris. Author of Dieu, la science, les preuves : l’aube d’une révolution. France.
Closing Lecture. Jérôme Lejeune: when the pursuit of Truth makes science advance
Chair: Mr. Mark Bradford, Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Word on Fire Institute. United States of America.
Mr. Jean-Marie Le Méné, President of the Fondation Jérôme Lejeune. Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. France.
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