The treatment that President Donald Trump has received to fight COVID-19 has turned the focus on an experimental drug that shows promise in combating the coronavirus but is raising ethical questions about the cell line that helped researchers develop the medicine.
Bioethics questions emerge from experimental drug used in COVID-19 treatment
Wisconsin bishop says ‘both sides’ urge response to priest’s ‘divisive’ video
The bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, said Sept. 9 that he has privately begun “applying Gospel principles” to correct a pastor who in a video says Catholics who are Democrats must “repent” of their support for the party or “face the fires of hell.”
Lynn Varco: COVID-19 and equality of care
The unprecedented scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing efforts to provide critical hospital care have raised serious questions about rationing (limiting access) based on disability or age.
Bishops: Long-held ethical, moral principles must guide COVID-19 response
The coronavirus pandemic is creating fear over limited resources for treating patients, especially the most seriously ill, but “this is not a time to sideline our ethical and moral principles,” said the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Richard Doerflinger: Morality at the movies
The most likely place to find uplifting messages about the human spirit these days is in superhero movies.
Retired pope publishes reflection on abuse crisis
Pope Benedict has released an article addressing the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and how the church should respond now.