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Terri Schiavo’s family issues statement on Father PavoneBishop Lynch refused to speak out against removal of feeding tube

Terri Schiavo’s family issues statement on Father Pavone
Bishop Lynch refused to speak out against removal of feeding tube

On December 17th, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christophe Pierre informed the U.S. bishops in a December 13th letter that Catholic priest, Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, was removed from his priestly duties.

Catholic cemetery in Joshua Tree to offer green burials"It allows us to appeal to the younger generation"

Catholic cemetery in Joshua Tree to offer green burials
"It allows us to appeal to the younger generation"

When the Diocese hosted the national Catholic Cemeteries Convention in the Coachella Valley last month it unveiled plans for Guardian Angels Catholic Cemetery, a second piece of consecrated land for burial in the Diocese and one that reflects

UCLA doc charged with facilitating organ harvestLos Angeles DA files moves on behalf of 8-year-old Castaic boy

UCLA doc charged with facilitating organ harvest
Los Angeles DA files moves on behalf of 8-year-old Castaic boy

Little Cole Hartman was dealt a bad hand right from the beginning. Born with fragile X syndrome, he had both physical and mental disabilities. When his mom died while he was just a toddler, he was

A mother’s death the day after Mother’s Day“She held on until you brought her the sacraments"

A mother’s death the day after Mother’s Day
“She held on until you brought her the sacraments"

The day after Mother’s Day I was called to the hospital. The mother of two teenage children “was not long for this world,” I was told, and could I get right down to give her the

Against cremationDubuque Archbishop Michael Jackels just announced his approval of alkaline hydrolysis

Against cremation
Dubuque Archbishop Michael Jackels just announced his approval of alkaline hydrolysis

….I have regularly criticized cremation for many reasons: see here, here, here, and here. My purpose here is to focus on cremation as the act of deliberately destroying a human body. The

I committed matricide, so you can tooGavin Newsom's strained relationship with his mother ended when he assisted her with her suicide

I committed matricide, so you can too
Gavin Newsom's strained relationship with his mother ended when he assisted her with her suicide

Gavin Newsom, the current governor of California, is the kind of person who should be kept as far from the reins of power as possible. His life and career are marked by selfish ambition, adultery, lying, and

Silicon Valley magnates fight agingReally long bike rides, intermittent fasting, stem cells, blood infusion

Silicon Valley magnates fight aging
Really long bike rides, intermittent fasting, stem cells, blood infusion

A May 31 article in Bloomberg Businessweek began by announcing, “As the tech industry has matured, people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with developing ways to stop the human aging process.” It is a

Researchers sound alarm over embryo selection at IVF clinicsCompanies screen embryos according to their predicted educational attainment, household income and cognitive ability

Researchers sound alarm over embryo selection at IVF clinics
Companies screen embryos according to their predicted educational attainment, household income and cognitive ability

A report published recently by researchers from USC, UCLA and elsewhere raises serious questions about the benefits, risks and ethics of a new service that allows in-vitro fertilization patients to select embryos with the goal of

Safeguards used to pass assisted suicide in California set to be tossedForget about 15-day waiting, forget about annual reports

Safeguards used to pass assisted suicide in California set to be tossed
Forget about 15-day waiting, forget about annual reports

Assisted suicide is already legal in California through the so-called End of Life Option Act, narrowly passed by the California Legislature and signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2015. The bill received opposition from both Democrat and Republican Assembly members

An organ donor homicideDoctors intentionally killed woman being prepared for organ donation

An organ donor homicide
Doctors intentionally killed woman being prepared for organ donation

Most people become organ donors because the organs will be removed after they have died and shared with someone who needs the healthy organs.

A case study published in the American Journal of

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