Philadelphia, Pa., Jun 22, 2010 / 11:30 am
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the president of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), John M. Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L., K.M., to the Governing Council of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
The five-year papal appointment was announced today on the NCBC website and by the Vatican.
The Academy for Life chose to make the announcement on June 22, the feast of the martyrs Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, who “gave their lives for principles which are very much still actual and which are deeply relevant for the work of the Academy in the defense of human life,” NCBC noted.
Dr. Haas was appointed as an Ordinary Member of the Academy by the Pope in 2006.