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Lucerne professor to advise the Pope for five years <\/p>\n
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A Swiss professor of theology is to advise the Vatican on social and socio-ethical issues for a period of five years.\n<\/p>\n
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Peter G. Kirchschl\u00e4ger as an adviser to the \u2018Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development\u2019, according to the University of Lucerne and the Vatican <\/p>\n
A total of 12 new experts have been appointed to the Dicastery, which has the aim of promoting peace, justice, health and human rights.<\/p>\n
Kirchschl\u00e4ger heads the Institute for Social Ethics at the University of Lucerne. He is also a visiting professor at ETH Zurich and chair of the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee for Non-Human Biotechnology and the \u2018Smart Lucerne\u2019 Ethics Advisory Board of the City of Lucerne.<\/p>\n
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