The archdiocesan Office of the Permanent Diaconate is offering a bureau of deacons who are able to speak about stem-cell research and human cloning.
The office already has identified about 25 deacons who are willing to speak at parishes about the issue. The topic has been at the center of the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative — Constitutional Amendment No. 2 on the Nov. 7 ballot — which would amend the state constitution to protect embroyonic stem-cell research. The Church condemns such research as human cloning while fully supporting research using adult stem cells.
The request for deacons came from the archdiocesan Respect Life Apostolate, said Father C. Eugene Morris, episcopal vicar for the Diaconate Office.
For more information,
The St Louis Respect Life Apostolate at 314-792-7555
The Diaconate Office at 314-633-2530
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