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Bishop Joseph Strickland’s Bloodless Martyrdom
By Judie Brown When Pope Frances removed Bishop Joseph Strickland, the shock was overwhelming, as was our sadness. The event immediately reminded me of a lesson I learned from our first spiritual director Father Denis O’Brien, who explained that bloodless martyrdom is the sacrifice of one’s self for the love of Christ, Truth, and the Church. That defines Bishop Strickland perfectly. Once you...
Empirical studies confirm benefits of ethical stem cell research
“There’s no shortage of scientific evidence showing the promise of ethical research from stem cells taken from adult tissue,” said Father Joseph Howard, executive director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission. “And there’s also...
Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
TO:The President of the United StatesTHRU:Karl Rove, Senior Advisor to the PresidentDATE:July 25, 2001RE:Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research ISSUE: Should the United States government provide taxpayer funding for human embryonic stem cell Research?...
New Princeton president to push Shapiro’s pro-death curriculum
With the appointment of Shirley M. Tilghman as president of Princeton University, “Princeton continues to promote and applaud the killing of embryonic human persons for scientific gain,” said Father Joseph C. Howard, Jr., director of the American Bioethics...
Church of Scotland endorses diabolical research
“The Church of Scotland is seriously misguided when it sanctions a ‘clone and kill’ policy, whereby human embryos can be created in a laboratory, used for experimental purposes, and destroyed,” said Father Joseph Howard, executive director of...
Stem cells found in adipose tissue show great ethical promise
Responding to findings of pluripotent stem cells in adipose (fat) tissue, Father Joseph C. Howard, Jr., executive director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission, said, “Such effective research poses no ethical problems, since human persons would not...
ABAC urges new White House to stop catering to scientific cannibalism
“The crimes of Hannibal Lecter might seem far removed from labs in America where embryonic babies are mutilated,” said Fr. Joseph Howard, director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission (an American Life League division). “But embryonic stem...