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A reminder why gene-edited embryos are a terrible idea
By Charles C. Camosy — November 30, 2018
(RNS) — Fifty years ago, a Harvard Medical School committee gave us a definition of brain death that changed how we value human life. This week the school's dean showed the same incaution regarding gene-edited babies.
The Vietnam War revisited
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Looking back, I feel guilty for being so stupid and burying myself in books rather than being part of the historic events of my time.
New film looks at tumultuous last year of Thomas Merton’s life
By Jana Riess — May 12, 2015
A new documentary follows the last year of Merton's life, including conflicts with his abbot, his meetings with the Dalai Lama, and his untimely death at age 53.
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