Okay, but what about the second part of the bishop’s statement? (If this is your first time here, you need to dial back to the 26th of April and begin reading forwards to this day. Many in the pro-birth movement have taken the attitude that if the vaccine is made from fetal cells from an […]
Archives for April 2010
Vaccines and urban legends
Another classic cartoon from Pithless Thoughts. Please look at the cartoon article and then read this blog post by Chaplain Mike. I think you will agree that they go together rather nicely. My email box spam is getting harder and harder to control, though I keep signing off of lists and manufacturer’s websites, etc. Sadly, […]
Fetal cells, vaccines, and Roman Catholic bishops
It is important that you read the posts from yesterday and the day before to come up to speed on this post. So, the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has a carefully nuanced, but very strong, statement on the use fetal cells from elective abortions and on vaccination of your children. […]
Fetal cells, pro-life, and Roman Catholic bishops
So, what does the United States Conference on Catholic Bishops have to say about vaccines cultured on fetal cells? Well, the following statement is found on their website: 1. Should a government agency or private company use tissue from induced abortions for vaccine development or other research? The Catholic bishops have answered in the negative. […]
Fetal cells, pro-life, and vaccines
I was asked yesterday: I am wondering if you can write more about vaccines, many of which are cultured on fetal cells. Many people may not be aware that several vaccines are cultured on human fetal cell lines. Some are from aborted fetuses and some are not (natural miscarriage, freely donated by the mother, died […]
Young, stupid and probably soon unemployed
Foreign Office apologises for Pope ‘condom’ memo The Foreign Office has apologised for a “foolish” document which suggested the Pope’s UK visit could be marked by the launch of “Benedict-branded” condoms. Called “The ideal visit would see…”, the paper suggested the Pope be invited to open an abortion clinic and bless a gay marriage during […]
What does it mean to be fully pro-life?
In several posts I talked about denial of communion who are actively and personally involved in pro-life activities. But, here is a small final thought. What does it mean to be pro-life in a full way? If all too many people are simply pro-birth but not fully pro-life, we need to ask, “What does it […]
The measure of all things
Pithless Thoughts does it again! I have people just like the apocryphal subdeacon in my mission church. They are both cradle and convert. At best, they are an annoyance in that they go around quoting obscure practices and, yes, canons and councils with little understanding of canon law, its development, and its commentaries. Worse, they […]
News media and bad news
“Surely somewhere in the world there are some good news. Can you not buy a newspaper that tells us some good news?” — The Rabbi in Fiddler On The Roof Complaints about the news media have been around for a long time. There are even some sayings about the news media that have made it […]
Denial of communion and war
Some of you are bristling already at the title of this post, but I urge you to read on, you might be surprised. The last post on this subject was way back on 14 April, so some of you have probably forgotten that I said that we needed to go on with some more discussion […]
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