Michigan Catholics to get DVD explaining stem-cell research issue

Published: 2007-10-02

DETROIT (CNS) -- To clear up confusion about stem-cell research, the Michigan Catholic Conference has launched a statewide educational program to explain the Catholic Church's teaching on human life, the church's support for adult stem-cell research and its opposition to embryonic stem-cell research. As part of the program every registered Catholic home in Michigan will soon be receiving a DVD and other information in the mail. On Oct. 1, the conference began mailing digital video discs, along with a letter signed jointly by Michigan diocesan bishops and a brochure, to 504,000 Catholic homes in the state. "Stem-cell research has moved to the forefront of human life issues in Michigan and throughout the nation," said Dave Maluchnik, public policy associate at the Lansing-based conference, the public policy voice of all seven Michigan dioceses.

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