Vatican City, Aug 11, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Vatican reiterated its firm opposition yesterday to human cloning after the British government gave a research team permission to use human cloning for medical research purposes, reported AFP.
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told AFP that Pope John Paul II has “always unequivocally condemned all forms of human cloning” in speeches and Vatican documents
Navarro-Valls said the Vatican would make a detailed assessment on the British research once more details emerge of the research team's plans.