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by bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | bioethics, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News | 0 |
“Why is the church against using birth control?” “Is it ethical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that has a link to fetal cell lines from abortion?” “What should Catholics consider when writing living wills?”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, COVID-19 vaccine, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Pope Francis, Religious objections, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Vaccines | 0 |
By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but generally they are doing so without the encouragement of major denominations and prominent religious leaders.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2021 | Books, Death and dying, End-of-life issues, interview, Interviews, lead, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News | 0 |
The Ars moriendi was written in the early 15th century to guide dying persons and their loved ones in Catholic religious practices when access to a priest and the sacraments was limited.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2021 | bioethics, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Religious exemptions, Vaccinations | 0 |
The rise in coronavirus vaccine mandates around the country, including at Catholic diocesan offices, hospitals and universities, has prompted a parallel increase in interest in a vaccine exemption template letter developed by the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The rise in coronavirus vaccine mandates around the country, including at Catholic diocesan offices, hospitals and universities, has prompted a parallel increase in interest in a vaccine exemption template letter developed by the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Joseph Meaney, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
George Orwell once said, “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” His point has been proven for him a hundred times over, not least in the past few weeks, as Dr. Joseph Meaney shows his July 30 article “The Rhetoric of ‘Vaccine Hesitancy.’“ Dr. Meaney, who serves as president of the National Catholic […]
by bcadmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, COVID-19 vaccine, Interviews, lead, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Pope Francis, USCCB, Vatican | 0 |
Joseph Meaney, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, spoke with Crux about the organization’s stance on COVID-19 vaccination mandates and the importance of religious exemptions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 6, 2021 | Archdiocese of New York, Catholic Church, Catholic Health Association, Catholic Medical Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Religious exemptions, Vaccinations | 0 |
As some Catholics are seeking a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine mandates that are becoming more common in workplaces and even some public venues, priests in the Archdiocese of New York have been advised not to get involved in that process.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 1, 2021 | bioethics, Catholic Church, Catholic Medical Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Vaccinations, Vaccines | 0 |
Two Catholic organizations issued statements in July urging against imposing a coronavirus vaccine mandate without conscience, religious or medical exemptions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 18, 2021 | Catholic colleges, COVID-19 vaccines, Informed consent, Making Sense Out of Bioethics, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Vaccine mandates | 0 |
In a recent statement from the National Catholic Bioethics Center on COVID-19 vaccines, we noted that the Catholic Church “neither requires nor forbids” the use of vaccines, but instead urges people to “form their consciences and to carefully discern the moral and prudential issues involved.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2021 | COVID-19 vaccine, Diocese of Fall River, Father Tad, Father Tad Pacholczyk, Massachusetts, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Practicing Catholic, Preferred COVID-19 vaccine | 0 |
Which COVID-19 vaccine is preferred for a practicing Catholic? It’s complicated.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2020 | bioethics, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, lead, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, Vaccines | 0 |
The U.S. bishops’ conference is encouraging Catholics to get a coronavirus vaccination because it’s a “moral responsibility for the common good,” even is some vaccines are connected to abortion-derived cell lines.
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