Dr. René Frydman is best known by French citizens as the “medical father” of their first in vitro fertilization baby (1982). Medical researchers, on the other hand, laud him for his quadruple decades of pioneering […]
Have you been in a classroom, restaurant or airport lately? Have you noticed how everyone’s faces are robotically glued to their glowing screens? Media conglomerates—Meta, X, Google, Snapchat, TikTok—have created a world for our youth […]
You’ve heard the maxim, ‘Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences.’ In my estimation, Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition, Practical Challenges (2022)i is rife with bad ideas. This 530-page volume collects the […]
Recently, the Pontifical Academy for Life released a document under the English title Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition, Practical Challenges.i The 530-page volume collects the Proceedings of a 2021 interdisciplinary study seminar held in […]
On his first day in office, January 20, 2021, President Biden issued the executive order “Preventing and Combatting Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.”i Immediately, this directive set in motion the […]
REWIND: It’s August. My childhood chums and I are nine going on ten. We’re running through lawn sprinklers trying to escape the stifling heat that visits our Midwest town every ‘Dog Days’ season. We aren’t […]
The surrogacy industry got its start based on the same principles of bodily autonomy and privacy that piloted Roe v. Wade and abortion—what the surrogate or egg donor does with her own body is her […]
The biopharma sprint toward production of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine has everyone’s attention. Some experts predict one of two vaccine producers will be first to reach the finish line: Sanofi-GSK with its Sars-CoV […]
The Gospel of John saturates our minds and hearts with the law of self-gift. The life-defining reality that the Son of God—out of his infinite mercy—gave up his body and poured out his blood is […]
Some fertility specialists are touting a new fertility treatment as a “Catholic-friendly” alternative to traditional in vitro fertilization. Catholic couples struggling with infertility—willing to try the procedure if, indeed, it is ethical—need help to cut […]
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