Written by Anna Krohn, National Bioethics Convenor Often the ethical, cultural and legislative campaigns for euthanasia are so unremitting that those many people defending the sanctity of life suffer a type of campaign “fatigue”. Symptoms
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Surprise and hope greet new Bishop
Written by Anna Krohn, National Bioethics Convenor There is distinct air of both surprise and hope at the announcement this week that Father Paul Bird, the regional head (provincial) of the Redemptorists will be the
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Inquiry Calls for United Response to On-line Porn
Written by Anna Krohn, National Bioethics Convenor In April this year, an independent and cross-party U.K. Parliamentary group released the Report of its Inquiry into Online Child Protection. The Inquiry was conducted not only with the
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Let us not Avert Our Eyes to Internet Abuse
Written by Anna Krohn, National Bioethics Convenor The last few decades have witnessed a rising tide of societal outrage and grief over the neglect or evasion of cases of child sexual abuse within once trusted
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Rethinking the Role of Religious Belief in the Public Sphere
Written by Anna Krohn, National Bioethics Convenor Academics, media commentators and even ordinary members of the public increasingly assume these days that the population is divided into two distinct camps—those who are “believers” on one
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Papal award for Mrs Madge Fahy
Written by Kairos Catholic Journal Pope Benedict XVI has bestowed the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice on Mrs Madge Fahy, immediate past National President of the Catholic Women’s League of Australia (CWLA). Also known as
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A new kind of feminism?
Written by Marcia Riordan, Social Issues Convenor In recent weeks we have witnessed a debate in the media over who has the right to call herself a feminist. Feminism began as a movement seeking equality
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Book Review: Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium, Bishop Anthony Fisher OP
An encounter with human bioethics and ‘professional’ bioethicists can be fascinating, if sometimes frightening. Bioethics is the branch of applied ethics that deals with issues that are often, quite literally, a matter of life and
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Renaming Infanticide: is it more frightening than satire?
The Journal of Medical Ethics recently published a paper titled “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?” that, as the title implies, explores the ethics of killing newborn children. The authors argued that there’s no