Category Archives: Healthcare & Faith

Keys to Bioethics

Posted on 12/11/2022 by Vincent Kemme

In 2022, a Keys to Bioethics – A Manual of Bioethics for Youth App, created and launched earlier, has been published as an e-book in 4 languages (Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese). French version is in the process of being published. The Manual of Bioethics aims … Continue reading →

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Organ Donation: What is the Position of the Catholic Church?

Posted on 25/09/2013 by Vincent Kemme

Stephen R. Napier PhD, ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center (Philadelphia, USA) gives a 3 minutes explanation of the position of the Catholic Church on Organ donation. This position is first and foremost a positive one. It is considered … Continue reading →

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The Erosion of Ethics in Organ Transplantation

Posted on 15/11/2012 by Vincent Kemme

Zenit, ‘the world seen from Rome’, reports from Washington, D.C.: “Caleb Beaver died at age 16 on Christmas Day in 2011 due to a previously undiagnosed congenital malformation of his blood vessels. His devastated parents agreed to the donation of … Continue reading →

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Scientist affirms: ‘Condoms, HIV-AIDS and Africa – The Pope Was Right’

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Vincent Kemme

In the Washington Post of March 29th, 2009, Edward C. Green, a senior research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, affirmed that Pope Benedict XVI was right in what he said about Condoms, HIV-AIDS and Africa. When the pope gave his comments … Continue reading →

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Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services

Posted on 30/11/2009 by Vincent Kemme

In their ‘Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services’, Fifth Edition, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops states: “Health care in the United States is marked by extraordinary change. Not only is there continuing change in clinical practice due to … Continue reading →

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