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Embryonic Stem Cells and A Brave New World In 1932, Aldous Huxley shocked his readers.  He wrote of about a brave new world.  Babies would be created in test tubes.  The laboratories would be called hatcheries.  2005. The shock is gone.  When it comes to science and technology, we live in a new world that can be more fearless than brave, more pragmatic than principled.  New discoveries raise hopes of cures and long life.  Too often the moral issues are summarily brushed aside.  We need to be in the lead in research and development of new medicines, some would argue,...

Vatican Announces New Leader For Paterson NJ Diocese For the last quarter century, Bishop Frank Rodimer has been the head of the Paterson Diocese. He has been a popular bishop. However, there have been some recent sex abuse scandals involving priests. Today, he will be replaced. The Paterson Diocese serves 377,000 Catholics in Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties. For 26 years, it has been run by Bishop Frank Rodimer. But today, he is expected to be replaced by Arthur Serratelli, currently Vicar General, the number two position, in the Newark Archdiocese. The 60-year old Serratelli is highly regarded as smart,...