Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute – Affiliated with the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto

CCBI News: Organ Donation 2—Ethical Concerns, Extraordinary/Ordinary Means, Death—Organ Retrieval; Revised Guideline Canada

October 6, 2023
CCBI News

October 6, 2023 Dear Friends of CCBI, Organ Donation Part Two: Ethical Concerns Last week we reviewed basic Catholic principles on organ donation. We noted that Pope John Paul II’s…Read more →

CCBI News: Organ Donation

September 29, 2023
CCBI News

September 29, 2023 Dear Friends of CCBI, Organ Donation Catholic teaching views organ donation as a noble action, and Pope John Paul remarked that it can contribute to the ‘culture…Read more →

CCBI News: Pope Francis and Dr Lam—Practical Actions in the Opioid Crisis, Decriminalization, Naloxone, Safe Supply and Closeness to Those Suffering

September 22, 2023
CCBI News

September 22, 2023 Dear Friends of CCBI, Pope Francis and Dr Lam:Practical Actions in the Opioid Crisis Pope Francis stated in 2018: “Fighting addictions calls for a combined effort on…Read more →

CCBI News: Ethical questions, health care: addictions, the opioid/fentanyl crisis, deaths

September 15, 2023
CCBI News

September 15, 2023 Dear Friends of CCBI, Welcome Back to our Readers of NEWS! Climate change certainly made its mark over the summer months and continues to wreak havoc over…Read more →

Call to Action – Appeal to Parliamentarians Before the Vote on Bill 11

June 5, 2023
Press Release

The following is a message from the Physicians' Alliance Against Euthanasia organization in Quebec: Dear friends, Last Tuesday (May 30th), the Committee on Citizen Relations completed their detailed study of…Read more →