Question: When does a human being begin to be a human being? Answer: (The following is an excerpt from Fr. Fuentes’ Stolen Truths). If you study medicine, biology, embryology, pharmacy, nursing, or some related sciences, it would not be strange for you to hear the most absurd things about the
Question: It is said, as an argument in favor of birth control pills, that their use decreases the number of abortions and that, therefore, we should at least tolerate them as a lesser evil. What are your thoughts on this? Response: I reply with what Pope John Paul II has
Question: Why is the possible cloning of human embryos ‘intrinsically immoral’? Does cloning in animal species deserve the same judgment? Answer: Some concepts Cloning consists in the reproduction of two or more genetically identical individuals. It can be obtained in at least two different ways: by twin fission or by
Question: I would like to know if someone from this organization could help me. I need current information about the medical ethics in the cloning of human organs, which are obtained from fetal cells in totipotential stage. I have been all over medline and the internet and I can’t find
Question: Dear Sir, I am M. M., editor of C. magazine, a publication oriented to the formation of parents. I am writing to you because we are writing a report on the Human Genome Project and we would like to have the official position of the Church regarding this research
Question: Hello, thank you for answering so many of our questions. Is there any way to demonstrate theologically/metaphysically and even biologically the existence of the spiritual soul from fertilization? This is basically to demonstrate its human dignity from the beginning because I read that according to Verneaux in the book
Question: I am writing this letter to ask you a question, hoping that you will help me with this concern. I have been married for a year and four months, and, after a month of marriage, God gave us the most beautiful blessing that He can give to a married
Question: I am a student at a Catholic school and I was asked to do research on contraceptives. I want to ask you for help on this topic and the Church’s point of view. I need to know with clear foundations why the Church opposes this method, whether it is
Question: I have a friend who is sick with AIDS. The doctors who see him offered to try a treatment, which doesn’t yet have many guarantees, and they don’t know all the side effects. Is it licit for him to be open to this? Thank you for your perspective. Answer:
Question: With my future husband, we attended one of the talks that is required of every couple in our diocese who wants to marry in the Church. They are obligatory. Although we were not totally happy with the content of the previous talks, the one we heard yesterday left us
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