CFI Calls Vatican’s Position on Biomedical Technology Deplorable and Scientifically Insupportable

December 12, 2008

Amherst, New York—In a move designed to firm up faith-based opposition to embryonic stem cell research and other cutting-edge biomedical technologies, the Vatican has released a 32-page document titled “Dignitas Personae” – meaning “the dignity of a person.” The document condemns a host of procedures considered “immoral” …Full Release »

On Human Rights Day, CFI Works to Uphold the Universality of Rights

December 10, 2008

New York, New York (December 10, 2008)--Today we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and above all its affirmation of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and expression.

At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in Paris in December 1948 …Full Release »

Quest for the Historical Jesus Begins Anew

December 08, 2008

Amherst, New York—Scholars gathered this past weekend, December 5-7,  in Amherst, New York, for the inaugural meeting of The Jesus Project in a renewed quest for the historical Jesus. The project, sponsored by the secular think tank Center for Inquiry and its Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion …Full Release »