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Pope Benedict brings with him a valuable moral authority
by Georgie Ann Geyer(Washington Times on Sunday, April 13, 2008)
WASHINGTON — When Benedict XVI became pope three years ago, most expected a tough, if not dismally unpopular, papacy. He was called sardonically the “German Shepherd” or “God’s Rottweiler.”
History seemed not to have blessed this Catholic priest, who had the misfortune of ascending the Throne of…»
Transplants and Brain Death. “L’Osservatore Romano” Has Broken the Taboo
The pope’s newspaper has called into question whether cessation of brain activity is enough to certify a death. And with this, it has reopened the discussion on taking organs from “warm cadavers” while the heart is still beating. The scholars of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences are even more critical. And, when he was a…»
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