Word: catholicism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Cardinal Bernard F. Law '53 of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has apologized on behalf of the Church to victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the clergy.
Even trickier is the question of what to do with leftover embryos when the parents are done having children. In the U.S., clinics have parents specify beforehand how they want unused embryos handled. Some donate them to other infertile couples or to scientists for research. Others have them destroyed. But...
Substitute frozen eggs for embryos, however, and these problems go away. No one considers an unfertilized egg to be a human being (though the Catholic Church officially opposes IVF, as it does nearly all assisted-reproduction procedures, including artificial insemination). Moreover, there is no controversy about whom the egg belongs...
The Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church was razed late last month, and its congregation relocated to Belmont six weeks ago. The church's blockage of Grendel's liquor license spurred a lawsuit, Larkin v. Grendel's Den, that went up to the Supreme Court. The Court agreed with Laurence H...
Fishmongers, rejoice. If the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have their way, the eating of fish on Fridays may once again become a habit for American Catholics. When the hierarchy meets this week in Washington, it is likely to approve a one-year study on how to revive the old penitential...