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Pope Francis has set the tone for his papacy and for the whole Church in the years ahead with three concise points inhis homilyon March 14, 2013: “Journeying, building, professing.”[1]I would suggest there is a clear takeaway for institutions whose mission and identity are bound up with Catholic Christian charit...
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Most are familiar with the infamous "Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment" carried out on black sharecroppers in Alabama between 1932-1972. U.S. government health officials withheld effective …
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read moreDoes induced abortion increase a woman's risk of mental health problems? The question has been asked continually over the past several decades with dozens of studies indicating a positive …
read moreBy Jaime Septien Latin America -- referred to by popes as the continent of hope -- is facing more and more of the bioethical challenges confronting its northern neighbors, including the …
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