A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Friday, June 18, 2004

Myths, Stem Cells, and the NCR

The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) has a reputation for being irreparably wedded to liberal views within the Church and within the world.

NCR’s Vatican Correspondent, John L. Allen, Jr., however, seems to be a generally fair-minded journalist whose weekly column is a frequent source of good information and insight.

His June 18 column reports on what sounds like a great presentation on Ten Myths in the Stem Cell Debate by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk (Priest of the Diocese of Fall River, PhD in neuroscience from Yale, postdoctoral work at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, degrees in theology and bioethics from Rome's Gregorian and Lateran Universities).

A Penitent Blogger says:
Embryonic stem cell research consists of experimentation on and exploitation of the most defenseless of human lives.
May God take care of these souls and may He bring true healing to those whose suffering might tempt such exploitation.