Question: Can Siamese twins who share the same heart and part of the liver be surgically separated? Answer: The question refers to the case of the twins Amy and Angela Lakeberg, born June 29, 1993, at Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago. It was briefly analyzed by Wm.B. Smith, in
Question: As I understand it, and I believe, animation occurs at the very moment of conception, which is a very popular argument against abortion. If I am not mistaken, this theory is called immediate animation, or at least that is how I was taught. A problem arises for me: unlike
Question: We are a Christian couple; we have not been able to have children, so we decided to adopt a child; we did it and we are very happy, but we want to have more children and we are going to start a second adoption; now, we recently learned about
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
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