McCormick was right.Back in 1992, the late Jesuit moral theologian Richard A. McCormick Richard A. McCormick S.J. (died February 12 2000) was a leading Catholic moral theologian who reshaped Catholic thought in the United States. He wrote many journal articles on Catholic social teachings and moral theory. seems to have made a prophetic commentary on the purported shift in Catholic theology that Paul Lauritzen writes about in "Caring at the End" (March 10). Fr. McCormick wrote: "Imagine a three-hundred-bed Catholic hospital with all beds supporting PVS PVS 1 Persistent vegetative state, see there 2. Pulmonary valve stenosis patients maintained for months, even years by gastrostomy tubes Gastrostomy tube Stomach tube for feeding. Mentioned in: Tracheoesophageal Fistula . Fanciful? Not if the [1991] guidelines of the Pennsylvania bishops are followed. Appalling? In my judgment, yes--not least of all because an observer of the scenario would eventually be led to ask: 'Is it true that those who operate this facility actually believe in eternal life?'" ANDY ANDY Andrew ANDY US Popular Abbreviation for Andrews AFB GALLIGAN Tracy, Calif |
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