There is a mystery at the heart of each of us that cannot be reduced to our place in society or the talents or qualities we happen to have.
Category: Life Subjects
Infertility
One in six couples experience difficulties conceiving a child at some time in their lives.
Suicide and Euthanasia
Respecting the dignity of people who are dying must involve respecting their lives, for without life there is no dignity.
Embryo Experiments
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) raises issues about procreation and parenthood, but it also raises concerns about society’s attitudes to the lives of those embryonic human beings it creates.
Abortion
Cherishing Life, the Bishops’ 2004 document on the moral and spiritual well-being of the human person in society, offers clear definitions of subjects concerned with the dignity of life from conception to natural death. ……………….. Serious reflection on abortion, as on other issues, should start by considering the physical realities of what is done and […]
When Does Life End?
Cherishing Life, the Bishops’ 2004 document on the moral and spiritual well-being of the human person in society, offers clear definitions of subjects concerned with the dignity of life from conception to natural death. ……………….. In ordinary circumstances death is diagnosed on the basis of irreversible loss of breathing and heartbeat. However, when a patient is on […]
When Life Begins
Cherishing Life, the Bishops’ 2004 document on the moral and spiritual well-being of the human person in society, offers clear definitions of subjects concerned with the dignity of life from conception to natural death. ……………….. At conception or fertilisation, the fusion of the gametes from each parent produces a new biological individual, a cell with […]