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Are Catholics generally for or against organ donations and research?

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Are Catholics generally for or against organ donations and research?

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(Current) Pope Benedict XVI has been registered to be a donor since he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger: RATZINGER: “DONATION OF ORGANS IS AN ACT OF LOVE” New Italian Law on Transplants: Cardinal is Donor ROME, FEB 4 (ZENIT).- “To donate one’s organs is an act of love that is morally licit, so long as it is free and spontaneous.” With these words, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, confirmed the line of the Church on this matter, at a time when Italy has approved a law to facilitate organ donation and transplants. Just as in other European countries, the law approved yesterday in Italy presupposes a person is a potential donor unless opposition is specifically expressed; in other words, silence is permission. Cardinal Ratzinger disclosed he is a member of an association of organ donors. “To spontaneously give parts of one’s body to help someone in need is a great act of love…” the Cardinal affirmed. Cardinal Ratzinger, Is it always mora