Since I don't think you believe me about the Vatican's stance on genetic engineering is, and has been for some time, I found an article that expressly states the Vatican position clearly. This was given by a Cardinal, not a mere Bishop. He is Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan,
head of the Vatican health department,
Please read the last paragraph.
I have indeed tried to point to the areas that the Vatican has come out in support, but you insisted the list of new deadly sins is binding on any and all genetic engineering. If I were to pretend that there actually are 7 new deadly sins issued by the Vatican (at a conference on confession of all places), I would quote Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, (head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican body which
oversees confessions and
plenary indulgences) who made the statement to begin with.
"God was offended not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbor's wife but by ruining the environment, conducting immoral scientific experiments and genetic manipulation."
Note his use of the word immoral. In other words, not all scientific experiments and genetic manipulation, but immoral ones.
I am curious of what your definition of genetic manipulation is. For example, can you say that turning pluripotential stem cells into hematopoietic, epithelial, endothelial, and neural tissues can be done without gene manipulation of some sort? I don't believe it can. I am not talking strictly about recombinant DNA-technology or cell fusion technique. I'm talking about newer technologies, newer ways to cause differentiation. This is why I include amniotic and blood cord research in the mix. The harvesting may not always require genetic manipulation, but the research that is trying to differentiate these cells is.
Blessings