We have accepted the ALS ice-bucket challenge! Thanks Reverend Deacon David Briedwell, and wife, Sally! Because of our vow of poverty, I am doing this on behalf of the whole community and will send our ALS research donation to John Paul II Medical Research Institute following CATHOLIC guidelines regarding stem cell research and such. jp2mri.org/ ALS ice-bucket challenge to: Gracie Ner Monica Villeneuve Sr Betty Sledge PASTORAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES As a pastoral guideline, we therefore urge those participating in the ice-bucket challenge and making donations to ALS research to make a clear and unequivocal declaration that their donation is made on condition that none of it is to be applied to research that involves the use of embryonic stem cells, in vivo or in vitro. Catholics who participate in the challenge and who make donations to this research must also demand of fund-raisers and organizers an assurance that none of the donations made will be applied to researches that are ethically reproved. As long as research on ALS as well as other debilitating conditions such as Parkinson’s Diseases and Alzheimer’s keep within the confines of the ethical demands of human dignity, they will be encouraged by the Church, and our Catholic faithful will be urged to support them with generosity and with charity for all who suffer. August 27, 2014, Feast of Saint Monica + SOCRATES VILLEGAS Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan President, CBCP
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