Archive for September, 2008

Troubling Consequences of Artificial Reproduction
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, JULY 23, 2007 (Zenit.org).- As demand for in vitro fertilization continues to rise, so too are concerns over the clinics and consequences for families. A leading British expert recently had harsh words for the industry, whose methods have long been criticized by the Church.
Robert Winston, professor [...]

The God Debate Heats Up
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, JULY 22, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The attack against religion started by Richard Dawkins in his book “The God Delusion” shows no sign of letting up. In recent months a number of emulators have published books that continue the polemic. 
In “God: The Failed Hypothesis,” Victor J. Stenger purports [...]

“To Reveal Christ the Healer”
ROME, JULY 21, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of an message written by Cardinal Javier  Lozano Barragán, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry on the profile of the Catholic teacher of medicine.
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PROFILE OF THE CATHOLIC TEACHER OF MEDICINE
Introduction
It is a very drawn out task [...]

“A Crime Against the Most Weak”
ROME, JULY 20, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of a pamphlet on “Pedophilia and the Priesthood” written by Monsignor Raffaello Martinelli, an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and member of the editorial commission of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Interview With Founder of New Missionary Group
VATICAN CITY, AUG. 17, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The founder of a new spiritual family, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, says that gratitude should be the real motivation for a moral life.
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, also known as the Missionaries of Gratitude, are present in 78 dioceses in 22 countries, totaling more [...]