University Faculty for Life member, Gerard Nadal, has a series of essays posted on Lifesite News arguing that the declaration on certain questions on sexual ethics by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Persona Humana, does not foreclose embryo adoption by faithful Catholic couples. Dr. Nadal points to a statement by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, that the question is still open for discussion. The thrust of Dr. Nadal’s argument in favor of adoption is that, though the mother and father commit grave sin in creating new life outside the marital act, Church documents indicate that the soul is presumed present from the very beginning of a human’s life, and that life is to be protected and safeguarded.