Archie Battersbee’s life tragically ended in a London hospital on Saturday, August 6, when the 12-year-old was removed from the critical life support his family legally fought to continue. Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, told reporters ...
A Catholic bioethics institute urged the U.K. government to speed up a review of the rights of the parents of sick children after doctors ended the life of a brain-damaged boy against the wishes of ...
An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned. In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision, people have ...
"Why is the church against using birth control?" "Is it ethical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that has a link to fetal cell lines from abortion?" "What should Catholics consider when writing living wills?" These are ...
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, bioethicist Samantha Stephenson examines a case in Los Angeles where two couples underwent in vitro fertilization treatment only to learn that their embryos had been switched in ...
Gretchen R. Crowe shares that while the Church has the resources and teachings to explain its stance on topics regarding the dignity of life, such as specific medical interventions such as in vitro fertilization, the ...
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee April 20 called on the Biden administration to fund research "that does not rely upon body parts taken from innocent children killed through abortion." "The bodies of children ...
In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine "can be used in good moral conscience." "There's no moral need to turn ...
With anti-COVID-19 vaccines now available and being given to health care workers and others across the country, Dr. Thomas McGovern, who serves on the national board of the Catholic Medical Association, answers common questions by ...
While confusion has arisen in recent days in the media over "the moral permissibility" of using the COVID-19 vaccines just announced by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna, it is not "immoral to be vaccinated with them," ...
ICYMI: Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See
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Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip
Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andr...
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Once Mass is over, does your church become a social free-for-all? Ava Lalor addresses this issue — both the limitation of church buildings & why we need to instill reverence in our sacred spaces
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Are we turning Christ's house into a meeting place?
A few columns back, Ava Lalor wrote about how we can pray the Mass well, offering some ideas for how to prep...
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