Tadeusz Pacholczyk
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Reverend Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. (born 1965) is an American Roman Catholic priest, neuroscientist and writer.
Father Pacholczyk grew up in Tucson
, Arizona
. His father Andrzej Pacholczyk was a professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona
. He earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale University and did post-doctoral studies at Harvard University.
In 1999, he was ordained a priest in Rome. He quickly became the leading church spokesman on what he calls beginning-of-life and end-of-life issues. He's been an outspoken proponent of the Catholic Church's positions on human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, positions which recognize the inherent dignity of the human person from the moment of conception and which oppose the deliberate taking of innocent human life. (See Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells.) In December 2001, he testified before the Massachusetts Senate that "embryonic human life is inviolable and deserving of unconditional respect."
Pacholczyk is currently a priest of the diocese of Fall River
, Massachusetts
and he writes a monthly column for The Catholic Herald
called, "Making Sense Out of Bioethics," which gets reprinted nationally in many local church newspapers. He also serves as the director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center
in Philadelphia , whose director, John Haas, is an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life
.
Father Pacholczyk grew up in Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
. His father Andrzej Pacholczyk was a professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
. He earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale University and did post-doctoral studies at Harvard University.
In 1999, he was ordained a priest in Rome. He quickly became the leading church spokesman on what he calls beginning-of-life and end-of-life issues. He's been an outspoken proponent of the Catholic Church's positions on human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, positions which recognize the inherent dignity of the human person from the moment of conception and which oppose the deliberate taking of innocent human life. (See Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells.) In December 2001, he testified before the Massachusetts Senate that "embryonic human life is inviolable and deserving of unconditional respect."
Pacholczyk is currently a priest of the diocese of Fall River
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and he writes a monthly column for The Catholic Herald
The Catholic Herald
The Catholic Herald is a London-based Roman Catholic newspaper, published in broadsheet format and retailing at £1.50 ....
called, "Making Sense Out of Bioethics," which gets reprinted nationally in many local church newspapers. He also serves as the director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center
National Catholic Bioethics Center
The National Catholic Bioethics Center is a research center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in 1972, its mission is promoting and safeguarding the dignity of the human person, thereby sharing in the ministry of Jesus Christ and his Church. The chairman of the Board of Directors...
in Philadelphia , whose director, John Haas, is an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Pontifical Academy for Life
The Pontifical Academy for Life or Pontificia Accademia Pro Vita is a Pontifical Academy of the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to promoting the Church's consistent life ethic...
.