Spirit of Carmel Interviews Lila Rose Lila Rose, the gutsy, young president of Live Action, exposes abuses in the abortion industry. She was...
Life: Value of
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.
TAKING A STAND
When I was a medical student, I was resolute in becoming a family physician.
I regard the family unit as the most important in a society. It was my family who instilled in me my Chris- tian values and who helped me achieve my goal of being a physician. I am the second of twelve children, and my parents sacrificed financially so we would all get a Catholic education.
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!
To Be Alive is a Grand Thing
Yes, life is a wonderful journey of new experiences, new discoveries and, yes, it can also be messy, painful and downright ugly. It’s all part of the price of the fallen nature of this world…