Jan 18, 2011 / 09:51 am
A member of the Pontifical Academy for Life's board of directors recently explained that Pope John Paul II will be remembered as “a great lover of life and defender” of the unborn.
Patricio Ventura-Junca, who is also director of the Center for Bioethics at the Catholic University of Chile, spoke with CNA on Jan. 17 about his reaction to John Paul II's upcoming beatification.
The Vatican announced that the late Pope will be beatified May 1.
Ventura-Junca expressed joy at the announcement and noted that the late Pope embraced advances in biology as well as the idea that “nobody has the right to eliminate an innocent person.”