Welcome to The Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics

The Nathaniel Centre – the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre – was established in 1999 as an agency of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference.

We seek to bring the light of the Gospel and the moral tradition of the Catholic Church to issues in bioethics.

The key functions of The Nathaniel Centre are >>>

• Issue Thirty-one

  19 August 2010

  Editorial: Assisted suicide – right to die or duty to die? The topic of assisted suicide has once again come to the fore in New Zealand. A close analysis of this issue reveals that the more»

• New Zealand Catholic Bishops Challenge Society Not to Legalise Assisted Suicide

  25 March 2010

  Press Release    The New Zealand Catholic Bishops' bioethics agency - The Nathaniel Centre - says that Margaret Page's decision to end her life by refusing food and fluids raises more»

• Reflection on the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Statement

  26 November 2009

  “Congregations must understand that people with unwanted pregnancies are making choices about someone who, in a very real sense, belongs to the entire congregation. If the baby is born it will more»