February 29, 2012: Program on Organ and Tissue Donation & Transplantation
Organ and tissue donation is heroic and
praiseworthy.
As an act of charity, organ and tissue donation have
repeatedly received magisterial support and encouragement.
Indeed, Pope John
Paul II in the encyclical Evangelium Vitae lists organ
donation among "heroic acts," stating that, "A particularly
praiseworthy example
of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable
manner."
of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable
manner."