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Catholic scholars: Covid vaccines can be received 'without fear of moral culpability' for abortion

Mar 5, 2021

By Matt Hadro

A statement by pro-life, Catholic scholars published Friday says that the four major COVID-19 vaccines are not only acceptable to... Read more

Bioethicists: ruling to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from 5-year-old ‘deeply flawed’

Feb 5, 2021

Bioethicists criticized on Thursday an English court ruling that life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn from a five-year-old girl against her... Read more

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Bishops urge French Catholics to pray and fast as bioethics bill returns to Senate

Jan 14, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Bishops in France are asking Catholics to pray and fast for the next four Fridays for a respect for human... Read more

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Dominican priest, microbiologist affirms moral liceity of COVID-19 vaccine

Jan 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

A Dominican priest and biology professor has on social media encouraged people to receive a coronavirus vaccine, emphasizing his trust... Read more

English bishops say AstraZeneca’s vaccine may be received without sin

Dec 5, 2020

A coronavirus vaccine developed from cell-lines originating from the cells of an unborn child who was aborted in 1983 can... Read more

The ethics of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine

Nov 17, 2020

While the Bishop of Tyler asserted Monday that the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna “is not morally produced”, the... Read more

Normally busy streets in Manhattan are deserted April 10, 2020, after officials imposed a Covid-19 lockdown.

Bishop Paprocki: We must weigh cost of 'extraordinary' shutdowns

Sep 24, 2020

By Carl Bunderson

In an essay published this month, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois argued that months-long lockdowns in response to... Read more

A Catholic healthcare worker objected to contraception. Her Catholic clinic fired her.

Sep 10, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

A young Portland, Oregon area medical professional this year was fired for objecting to certain medical procedures on the grounds... Read more

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Questions surround possibility of mandatory coronavirus vaccinations

Aug 28, 2020

By Matt Hadro

With more than 1,000 deaths a day still being registered in the United States, coronavirus vaccines are being developed, and... Read more

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Coronavirus, vaccines, and Catholic ethics

Aug 8, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Production for a new coronavirus vaccine is speeding along, but ethical questions remain about its development, and who should receive it... Read more

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French archbishop criticizes push to pass bioethics law amid pandemic

Jul 10, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The archbishop of Paris has criticized the French parliament’s decision to debate a controversial bioethics bill which would increase access to... Read more

Catholic bioethicist warns against gene-editing experiments

Jun 27, 2020

In the wake of a gene-editing experiment gone wrong, the president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center said that the Church... Read more

The Italian version of the new Directory for Catechesis, launched at the Vatican, June 25, 2020.

Catholic catechesis directory addresses gender, biological sex, and bioethics

Jun 25, 2020

Bioethics, gender identity, and biological sex are new subjects covered in the Vatican’s latest Directory for Catechesis, released Thursday. The... Read more

Archbishop Rino Fisichella presents the new Directory for Catechesis at the Vatican, June 25, 2020.

Vatican releases Catholic directory for catechesis in ‘dynamic continuity’ with Church teaching

Jun 25, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican Thursday published a new directory for catechesis, emphasizing both its continuity with two previous directories and its new... Read more

With dozens of babies stranded in Ukraine, bishops call for an end to surrogacy

May 15, 2020

At least 100 babies recently born to surrogate mothers are now “stranded” in Ukraine, as coronavirus restrictions prevent them from... Read more

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UK court order requiring contraceptive device for disabled woman is ‘deeply problematic’, says bioethicist

Apr 23, 2020

A British judge’s order requiring a contraceptive device be implanted in a woman with learning disabilities against her will is... Read more

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Infant boy removed from ventilator after controversial 'brain stem death' ruling

Feb 26, 2020

By Kevin J. Jones

Despite his parents’ protests that he showed “signs of life,” a four-month old boy who was severely brain damaged was... Read more

Tinslee Lewis.

Texas appeals court hears arguments on treatment for gravely ill child

Feb 7, 2020

An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday regarding the medical treatment of a terminally ill child in Fort Worth, and whether... Read more

Tinslee Lewis.

Fort Worth bishop helps family seek care in Catholic hospital for gravely ill Tinslee Lewis

Jan 3, 2020

By Carl Bunderson

After a Texas judge on Thursday allowed a hospital to stop medical treatment for Tinslee Lewis, a terminally ill child... Read more

Brain death diagnosis for second Michigan teen raises questions

Oct 29, 2019

For the second time in a month, a family in Michigan is fighting to keep their teenage son on life... Read more