Campus Notes

Christendom College recently announced that it will hold a bioethics conference on July 9, 2011, featuring Cardinal Francis Arinze, Dr. Janet Smith, Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, and Bishop Robert Morlino.

From the Christendom news release:

Francis Cardinal Arinze is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He has served on the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Committee of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. He is a long time defender of the family and outspoken opponent of contraception, abortion, and euthanasia, as well as a frequent guest on Christendom’s campus. He will speak on “Who is Man? The anthropological foundation for Catholic Bioethics,” and be the main celebrant and homilist at the mid-day Mass.

Bishop Robert Morlino is the Bishop of Madison, WI. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Fordham University, an MA in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, an MDiv Degree from the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, MA, and an STD in Moral Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, with specialization in fundamental moral theology and bioethics. Bishop Morlino has served as chairman of two committees within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) – the Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Issues and the Church. Since 2005, Bishop Morlino has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), which conducts research, consultation, publishing and education to promote human dignity in health care and the life sciences. He will speak on natural law and its role in end-of-life decisions.

Read more about the bioethics conference here.

Christendom College is included in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College for its strong Catholic identity.  Read Christendom’s profile here.