Consultants assist the committee in planning the sessions and choosing the scientist participants.
The 1998 dialogue session will deal with cloning in its various forms. CSHV also considers the relationship between religion and science in modern American culture, and examines the philosophical and practical ramifications of this relationship. For example, it issued a press release giving an analysis of Pope John Paul II's October 1996 comments on evolution. The other publications in the series are reports from the Dialogue Group of Scientists and Catholic Bishops. A workshop on cloning in its various forms, including human cloning, is scheduled for November 1999.