A growing number of parents in our society no longer seem to hold to the key notion of unconditionally accepting their own children.

As it became clear that Jake would go ahead with the vasectomy notwithstanding her protests, Agnes confronted a question that many serious Catholics have had to contend with in their marriages. She wondered whether it would still be allowable for her to engage in marital relations with her husband after the vasectomy.

Parents need to look at the psychological and social messages they might be conveying by choosing to vaccinate their children against HPV.

Fertility clinics in the United States warehouse more than 500,000 children in high-tech freezers filled with liquid nitrogen, children who are crystallized by-products of the in vitro fertilization process.

In the United States, only about half of those who were eligible to vote actually cast ballots during the last national election. I admit I have not always voted in the past. When I am tempted not to vote, however,…

1. Stem cells can only come from embryos. In fact stem cells can be taken from umbilical cords, the placenta, amniotic fluid, adult tissues and organs such as bone marrow, fat from liposuction, regions of the nose, and even from…

As the floodwaters were rising in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the situation went from bad to worse at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. When the electricity failed, flashlights became necessary to carry out simple tasks. There was no…

When I traveled to Auschwitz a few years ago, one question played over and over in my mind: Did they know?
Did the German people know what was happening in this camp near their own border, in their own occupied…

The Catholic Church remains almost a lone voice in our age defending the view that contraceptive sexual activity in marriage is wrong. Many young Catholic couples either are not aware of this teaching, or simply choose to ignore it.
When…

The debate over embryonic stem cell research continues to escalate in our country and remains a topic of significant public interest. Because of this growing public interest, I am often invited to participate in public debates on stem cell research…