Author Archives: Vincent Kemme

Controversial Statements in “Etica Teologica Della Vita”

Last year, Biofides collaborated on the publication of an article in the American Catholic medical journal ‘The Linacre Quarterly“. It was prompted by a book published by the Pontifical Academy for Life, “Etica Teologica Della Vita” (Theological Ethics of Life), … Continue reading

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March for Life – Brussels 2024

I had the honour to speak on Sunday 21 April this year, at the start of the March for Life 2024 in Brussels. I am a former biology teacher from the Netherlands and have taught, among other things, here in … Continue reading

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Medicine: Restorative or Transformative?

In 2022, in Rome, we had the privilege of co-organizing the congress “Medicine: Restorative or Transformative?”. The congress addressed various themes related to transhumanism, the tendency to want to “create man according to our own imagination”, in defiance of God’s … Continue reading

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Enhancing Catholic School Identity

How can a Catholic school – in a postmodern culture – enhance its identity? This is the subject of the ‘Enhancing Catholic School Identity Project’, also referred to as the ‘Leuven Project’. It is a vision for Flemish Catholic Education … Continue reading

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Questioning Conventional Climate Science and Methodology

Steven Koonin is one of America’s most distinguished scientists, with decades of experience, including a stint as undersecretary of science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration. In this wide-ranging discussion, based in part on his 2021 book, … Continue reading

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Keys to Bioethics

In 2022, a Keys to Bioethics – A Manual of Bioethics for Youth App, created and launched earlier, has been published as an e-book in 4 languages (Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese). French version is in the process of being published. The Manual of Bioethics aims … Continue reading

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The beauty of the female body

MATERCARE CONFERENCE, SEPT 14th, Rome Some thoughts on beauty in biology and medecine Vincent Kemme, founder-president of Biofides, assisting the presidency of the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) Thank you Prof. Chazan, for inviting me to speak at … Continue reading

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End of life issues in the Low Countries

On the 9th of October 2021, Vincent Kemme, founder of the Institute ‘Biofides’ for biology and faith, was invited to give a talk on ‘End of Life issues in the Low Countries, at the occasion of the National Meeting of … Continue reading

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Euthanasia legislation in Ireland

Some time ago we were approached by the organization ‘Family Solidarity Ireland’ with the request to share our experiences with and vision on (legislation on) the end of life in the Netherlands and Belgium. This in connection with the bill … Continue reading

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