Conscience Protection, Haiti, Afghanistan, NO to Human Embryo Experimentation, Brain "Death" (?), Marriage, and more

Update on late August and September

August 22, 2021

(Signed homily and unofficial translation)

• The NCBC Calls for Respect for the Church’s Teachings on the Common Good, Conscience, and Charity (8/17/21)
• Get Ready, Ethical COVID-19 Vaccines are Probably Not Coming (Children of God for Life, 8/14/21)
• Cardinal Cupich Reportedly ‘Leaning Hard’ on Bioethics Center to Retract Stance on COVID Vaccine Exemptions (National Catholic Register, 8/12/21)
• As per an 8/10/21 phone conversation with Archbishop Perez's secretary, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is NOT supporting religious exemptions to the COVID 19 vaccine mandates "at this time." Does anyone know whether Jersey's bishops will support Catholics' right to religious exemptions? 
• Bioethicist: There must be conscience exemptions to vaccine mandates (CNA, 8/4/21)
• Joint Statement: Vaccines and Conscience Protection (American College of Pediatricians, Catholic Medical Associations, Christian Medical and Dental Association, National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A., 3/24/21) 
• Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies ["to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion."] (USCCB)

• UPDATE: Here's where to donate to help agencies respond to the Haiti earthquake (Catholic News Service, 8/16/21)

• Kabul Catholic priest pleads for prayers as Taliban take over (Aletia, 8/16/21)
• Global Family Planning Partnership Garners U.S. Support in Rebranding and Promoting LGBTQ Issues (C Fam, 8/12/21)
• UNICEF to Promote Abortion, LGBT Rights, and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (C Fam, 8/5/21)
• U.S. and UK embassies in UAE see backlash for flying Gay Pride flag (CNBC, 6/30/21)
• The Hillary Plan (Bucks County Courier Times, 2001)

• "Pope Francis has appointed the co-inventors of the CRISPR genome editing technology to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences....Their discovery sparked research into new treatments for cancer and other diseases, earning the two female scientists the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but it also poses a host of bioethical questions....National Catholic Bioethics Center President Joseph Meaney has condemned experimentation on human embryos.... Meaney added that it could be permissible to use this gene editing technology to correct genetic problems in adults who can give their informed consent after it had been safely tested in animals" (CNA, 8/12/21).

• If you want to stop fetal cell research, don't buy these products (HLI, 8/12/21)

• Are Patients Declared "Brain Dead" Really Dead? (Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization, 8/11/21)

• Celebrate God's Design for Marriage with Us (AFA, 8/11/21)

• Email Bishop O'Connell and Archbishop Perez to ask that James Martin, SJ, NOT be allowed to mislead & scatter their flocks. 

• Email Bishop Callahan, about Fr Altman, Msgr Burrill, and the USCCB.

• Standing up for the Truth on the federal level

• Standing up for the Truth on NJ & Pa state levels 

• EMAIL TO REQUEST ENFORCEMENT OF CANON 915 TO PROTECT THE EUCHARIST FROM SACRILEGE AND THE FAITHFUL FROM SCANDAL.

• EMAIL TO EXPRESS YOUR SENSE OF DISGRACE ABOUT THE WITNESS OF CATHOLIC HOSPITALS.

• PLEDGE TO MAKE REPARATION FOR LOUISIANA CHURCH SACRILEGE

• SAVE CHRISTIAN TEEN LEAH SHARIBU FROM DEATH

• DEFEND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE FROM VIOLENCE AND ABUSE

• DEFEND DYING CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA

• A PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (MY FAITH VOTES, 6/24/21)

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