Church Teaching, Science, and the Beginning of Human Life

This is the course intelligent Catholics like you have been longing for. Gain an integrated understanding of the theology and science concerning the origins of human life. How many of us feel fully confident to field theological or biological questions about human life? Now you can.

Abortion, infertility, in vitro fertilization, frozen human embryos, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, contraception, natural family planning – the Church has assembled the accumulated wisdom of theologians, scientists, clergy, and laypeople to offer definite guidance on each of these topics. But often, the relationships between science, theology, and practice may appear muddled. We selected one of the Church’s leading bioethics experts and teachers, Fr. Alfred Cioffi, to bring you clarity and understanding.

You will learn the basic biological, psychological, ethical and social aspects concerning early human life. Grounded in Catholic teaching, this course will to give you the reasons why the Church says what it says.

Who should listen to this 21-lecture course? Pastors and parishioners, parents and teachers, doctors, nurses, politicians, business people, government employees; anyone with an honest interest in the truth about the beginning of human life.

Your Free Electronic Study Guide! When you order this course, we will send you a free electronic study guide that you can access in 3 convenient ways:

1) You can check your order confirmation email. It will include a link that enables you to download your guide.
2) The back of your program package also contains a copy of this link. You can access your guide by simply entering this URL into your browser.
3) Your case of CDs or DVDs will contain a copy of your electronic guide on CD. Simply insert this disc into your computer’s CD/DVD drive to access your guide.