M. Therese Lysaught is a professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. She also is a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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Reclaiming the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition from the culture wars
Commentary: Pope Francis has called for a better kind of politics. That must start with the church. There can be no room for anyone who identifies as a "warrior," who profanes Christian witness by using the tactics of war.
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Catholics seeking 'religious' exemptions to vaccines must follow true church teaching on conscience
Pope Francis, the Holy See and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops say all the COVID-19 vaccines are morally acceptable. But some Catholics wrongly support "religious" exemptions on the basis of Catholic teaching on the primacy of conscience.
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All vaccines are morally acceptable, says member of Pontifical Academy for Life
Commentary: Statements about the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine have come out urging Catholics to privilege a theoretical moral purity over the value of their own lives, the lives of others and the common good. Why?
