The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has established a Bioethics Forum and appointed Father Christopher Vimalraj from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as its first director. Bioethics is generally understood to refer to the ethical implications and applications of the health-related life sciences.
The decision to establish the Bioethics Forum was taken during the 87th Executive Committee meeting of the CCBI, held September 20-21.
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