PUBLICATIONS
Incoherence in the Brain Death Guideline Regarding Brain Blood Flow Testing: Lessons from the Much-Publicized Case of Zack Dunlap
By Doyen Nguyen, OP, MD, STD and Christine M. Zainer, MD. Abstract At age 21, following a severe traumatic brain injury, Zack Dunlap was declared [...]
Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action
Download the PDF Authored by: Joseph M. Eble, MD,1 John A. Di Camillo, PhD, BeL,2 Peter J. Colosi, PhD3 1 President, Tulsa Guild of the [...]
Evolution of the Criteria of “Brain Death”: A Critical Analysis Based on Scientific Realism and Christian Anthropology
“Brain death” (understood in the sense of “whole brain death” and not in the sense of “brainstem death”) was introduced into clinical practice in 1968 [...]
Is Brain Death the Death of a Human Person?
By Robert Spaemann “The identification of ‘brain death’ and the death of the human being can be maintained only if the personality of man is disconnected [...]
‘Brain Death,’ Organ Donation, and Presumed Consent
Consent Cannot Be Presumed because 'Brain Death' Is Not True Death Doyen Nguyent, 2019 Abstract The marked decline in organ donation in Germany in recent years [...]
Why Thomistic Defense of “Brain Death” is Not Thomistic: An Analysis From The Perspectives Of Classical Philosophy and Contemporary Biophilosophy
DOYEN NGUYEN Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Rome, Italy THE ONGOING DEBATE on “brain death” (BD)— also known as the neurological standard for the determination [...]
Embryocidal Potential of Modern Contraceptives
The purpose of this document is to investigate and summarize the current evidence-based concerns regarding potential embryocidal mechanisms of action of modern contraceptive drugs and devices. [...]
Elon Musk warns contraceptive pills are warping women’s emotions, changing behavior
Tech billionaire Elon Musk highlighted a new study linking hormonal contraceptives to brain changes, depression, suicide, and even population-level behavioral shifts. Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla [...]
Pille danach
Fakten und Hintergrundinformationen zu Wirkung und Risiken Einführung Dr. Med. Rudolf Ehmann Aufgrund der Abweisung einer vergewaltigten Frau durch zwei katholische Krankenhäuser in Köln im Dezember [...]
The controversy concerning mechanisms of action of post coital pills
Dr. Med. Rudolf Ehmann: In December 2012, an allegedly raped woman was refused admission by two Catholic hospitals in Cologne. This lead to a public discussion [...]
Pastoral letter on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Humanae vitae
Praised be Our Lord Jesus Christ! Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! The current year is marked by the memorable event of the 50th anniversary of [...]
Una reflexión filosófica y una defensa de Humanae Vitae
El don del amor y de la nueva vida Josef Seifert (traducido del inglés por Carlos Casanova y revisado por el autor) Este año se alcanzan [...]
Vatican Revolution: Yes to Euthanasia and Artificial Insemination
By Professor Tommaso Scandroglio La gioia della vita (The Joy of Life) is a text, published last month, and "the fruit of the common reflection [...]
A Response to Alabama’s IVF Ruling
By Professor Patrick Pullicino The supreme court in Alabama USA has just ruled that frozen embryos have the rights of children, "children outside the womb," [...]
Verfügungsmasse Mensch?
Lebensanfang und Lebensende im Licht der christlichen Ethik DOWNLOAD PDF
Verfügungsmasse Mensch? Lebensanfang und Lebensende im Licht der christlichen Ethik
So weit wir die Geschichte kennen, hat es immer Menschenbilder gegeben, mit deren Hilfe die Menschen sich in der Welt orientierten. Allerdings gilt es als besonderes [...]
Is the right to life or is another right the most fundamental human right
Josef Seifert Abstract: Moral obligations and basic human rights must be distinguished from each other and from positive rights and laws. Ethics and basic human rights [...]
Dignidad humana: dimensiones y fuentes en la persona humana
Josef Seifert: DOWNLOAD PDF
¿Tenemos y somos un alma inmortal?
Josef Seifert: “No se trata aquí de un interés ligero de cualquier persona extranjera…, se trata de nosotros mismos, de nuestro todo. La inmortalidad del alma [...]
The Untenable Anthropology of Fiducia
By John M. Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L., M.Div. John Cardinal Krol Professor of Moral Theology St. Charles Borromeo Seminary The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Moral theologians and [...]
Quo usque tandem? Doctrine of Faith dicastery “blesses” sin against nature
Professor Roberto de Mattei: The Declaration Fiducia supplicans on the pastoral meaning of blessings issued on December 18, 2023 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine [...]