July 29, 2026

Vatican News is under fire after publishing an article that treated IVF as a given and only warned about AI taking over the process — a jarring omission for an outlet of the Holy See, given the Church’s longstanding condemnation of in vitro fertilization. The July 21 piece, focused on the launch of a fully automated AI-powered IVF lab, cited Pontifical Academy for Life member Laura Palazzani on the dangers of technology replacing human judgment, but never plainly rejected the practice itself. For critics, that silence speaks loudly: a moral red line appears blurred, and a controversial procedure is being normalized inside the Vatican’s own media machine.

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