Mary & Drew: Catholicism: The Series

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Catholicism: The Series

This 10 episode series is so good.
It airs on PBS (abridged) and EWTN (complete) every so often, and is also available for purchase.
Fr. Barron is exceedingly likeable and knowledgeable.
I enjoyed it from start to finish.

2 comments:

Thankful said...: I googled and we don't get it here, bummer. I am going to try to get it at the library. Thanks for the heads up.; Sunday, November 27, 2011
Mary said...: we've been DVRing it! :) SO COOL.; Monday, November 28, 2011

Why not?

From a moral point of view, circumcision is permissible if, in accordance with therapeutic principles, it prevents a disease that cannot be countered in any other way.
-Pope Pius XII, 1952

Except when performed for strictly therapeutic medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on innocent persons are against the moral law.
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2297

Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal and healthy prepuce.
-Australian Academy of Pediatrics, 1996

The AAPS does not support or condone the practice of child circumcision.
-Australasian Academy of Pediatric Sciences, 1996

Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed.
-Canadian Pediatric Society, 1989

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons advises that there is rarely a clinical indication for circumcision.
-2003

There are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period.
-American Academy of Pediatrics, 1971