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THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART II: THE WRONGFULNESS of DIRECT ABORTION

July 8, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from Godwho made man and woman in His own image and likeness. The human…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human agency, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART I: THE BEGINNING of HUMAN LIFE

July 1, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from God. In its very first chapter, the Bible tells us, “God created mankind…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human dignity

THE RIGHTS of CONSCIENCE

May 13, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The right of an individual to follow his or her conscience has long been a matter of dispute in our…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART V: THREE QUESTIONS

March 11, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

When illness or injury threaten to end our lives or the lives of our loved ones, we may well find…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART IV: MEDICAL and NON-MEDICAL CARE

March 4, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

In our consideration of end-of-life health care, we seek to understand how we can determine which potentially life-sustaining measures are…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART III: IDENTIFYING EXTRAORDINARY MEANS

February 25, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

When someone is experiencing life-threatening illness or injury, ethical questions about the preservation of life often arise. What kinds of…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART I: ORDINARY MEANS of PRESERVING LIFE

February 11, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from god. In its very first chapter, the Bible tells us, “God created mankind…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care, Human dignity

SPIRITUAL CARE of the SICK: COMMUNION and CONFESSION

February 4, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York is blessed with a great number of faithful and dedicated people who…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

THE EUCHARIST as a SACRAMENT of HEALING

January 28, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The Eucharist, the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is “the source and summit of the…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

FEEDING the SICK: NUTRITION and HYDRATION in HEALTH CARE

January 7, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Preservation of bodily life is among the most basic goals of health care. The means that are used to accomplish…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care, Human dignity

VIATICUM: the LAST SACRAMENT of the CHRISTIAN

October 12, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, when administered to the dying, is called by the Catechism of the Catholic…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Ministry, Sacraments

ANOINTING of the SICK: a SACRAMENT for the SICK and the DYING

September 28, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament that is frequently misunderstood. When I receive emergency calls asking me to…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Ministry, Sacraments

CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE and the CHOICE for LIFE

September 25, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

I have set before you life and death . . . choose life! The choice that Moses set before the…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, End of life health care, Scripture

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES and the RIGHTS of PARENTS and CHILDREN

July 9, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Our society generally uses the term “reproductive rights” to refer to the options that should be made available to a…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching

The EUCHARIST, the CHURCH, and the HOSPITAL

June 25, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” With these words, Pope Saint John Paul II began his 2003 encyclical…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

The RIGHT to LIFE: the RIGHT of a CHILD; not the RIGHT to a CHILD

June 18, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. 1 Comment

That illnesses can now be diagnosed and treated when a child is still in the womb represents a significant advance…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human dignity

HEALTH CARE and the HOLY SPIRIT

June 4, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Every year at Pentecost the Church commemorates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the Blessed Virgin…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Church teaching, Scripture

HUMAN CONSCIENCE and PATIENT AUTONOMY

April 30, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Conscience, according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, is the act of the human intellect by which “we judge that something should…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Human agency, Human dignity, St. Thomas Aquinas

DEATH with DIGNITY

March 19, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Proponents of physician-assisted suicide have used the term “death with dignity” to present their cause in a positive way. The…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Scripture

LENTEN PENANCE: SUFFERING in UNION with CHRIST

March 5, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Throughout the forty days of Lent, the Church invites us to practice penance by praying, fasting, and giving alms. As…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Church teaching, Ministry, Prayer, Scripture

GOSPEL ETHICS: RADICAL DEMANDS and RADICAL MERCY

February 26, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

G. K. Chesterton, the early 20th century Christian apologist, wrote that, while “paganism declared that virtue was in a balance;…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Scripture

GOD and DEATH: the VICTORY of JESUS

February 12, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

“I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.” These are the first words of the Apostles…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Scripture

COOPERATION with EVIL

December 18, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

To “cooperate with evil” sounds like a horrible thing to do—and it can be. But some cooperation with evil is…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Human agency

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