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not an organ donor
Question from sue scott on 5/5/2012:

As I said, the Pope cannot be an organ donor because he is Pope. The link to fox news says the same thing. He decries the selling of organs but evidently was not worried about premature harvesting. His donor status changed because of his election. If he had continues as a Cardinal he would still be a donor. You and I agree not to be.

Answer by Judie Brown on 5/6/2012:

Yes, Sue, I agree. And as Phil Lawler pointed out in his column the problem is not that organ donation exists but that some have abused the terminology and the situation in order to harvest certain organs that result in the death of the donor. It's the words that matter.

See http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=902

Judie Brown

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