Spirit of Carmel Interviews Lila Rose Lila Rose, the gutsy, young president of Live Action, exposes abuses in the abortion industry. She was...
Human Dignity
When Does Life Begin? Life Begins at the Beginning. (A Doctor Gives the Scientific Facts on When Life Begins) Part I of III
by Fritz Baumgartner, M.D. Dear Friend, We can approach abortion from many perspectives: Biological, embryological, genetic, philosophical,...
Liz’s Legacy of Love: A Eulogy
For this eulogy, I would like to simply tell my story. It is about my daughter Mary* and Elizabeth Ste- venson. Mary will be twenty years old this...
HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH: SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY, and the LESSONS OF HISTORY – Part II
by Fritz Baumgartner, M.D. In Part 1 of this series in the last Spirit of Carmel magazine, we discussed the overwhelming superi- ority of...
Beauty of the Soul
Yes, a little tiny human embryo has an immortal soul, infused into it by God at conception.
HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH: SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY, and the LESSONS OF HISTORY – Part I
Despite all the above important practical points, we still need to address the real ethical issue: if practi- cal cures could someday truly be discovered utilizing human embryonic stem cell research, is there moral justification for the requisite destruction of these human embryos? Does the end justify the means? Do the moral arguments in the human embryonic stem cell debate have historical precedent?
Uncovering Human Dignity with Mercy
When Pope Francis asks the Church to “announce the mercy of God,” he is asking us to recognize the dignity of every human person. Let us heed the call!