Re: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells [NCBC & HLI]

Joe Tevington | 11/21/2025

Dr Di Camillo & Father Boquet,

Your silence suggests that you cannot account for the Vatican's seeming to preclude Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (See section 30 of Dignitas Personae) and then seeming to treat them as a non-issue (See reference #167 of the New Charter for Healthcare Workers).

From what I can gleen, approval was NEVER given and your organizations are avoiding acknowledging that. Am I wrong?

I thought that the National Catholic Bioethics Center and Human Life International were supposed to.be dependable sources for pro life guidance. What am I missing?

Joseph Tevington

From: Joe Tevington <atptptjt@live.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 8:40:46 PM
To: John A. Di Camillo <jdicamillo@ncbcenter.org>; Father Shenan Boquet <fr.boquet@hli.org>
Cc: Archbishop Nelson Perez <absp.nperez@archphila.org>; Bishop Christopher Cooke <ccooke@archphila.org>; bishopmcintyre@archphila.org <bishopmcintyre@archphila.org>; ddrain@archphila.org <ddrain@archphila.org>
Subject: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Dr Di Camillo & Father Boquet,

Exactly when did the Church supposedly move from caution to moral support for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells?

In the New Charter for Healthcare Workers, which the NCBC translated/(& edited?), appears footnote 167. Footnote 167 seems to override the cautions of Dignitas Personae #30. I recall that there were questions about the ontological status of the cells, so how did that happen? Was Dr Di Camillo the translator?

Father Boquet & his staff defer to the NCBC when asked about the morality of IPS. They continue to have this posted: "Better than Embryonic [sic], No Abortion Required: How IPS Cells Work" (https://youtu.be/mbuP6JgHqT4?si=gmbKjPLdr-QikPOk). Shame on HLI for keeping this posted when they are unclear about the morality!

To the best of my knowledge, the NCBC has no official church standing. Does that remain true?

Joseph Tevington

Morrisville, Pa

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Joe Tevington

Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband since 1986, a dad to two adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology, as well as a catechetical diploma and certificates in benefits planning and Catholic social ministry. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.

On much lighter notes, he fancies himself to be the foremost authority on his native Brooklyn, when it comes to architecture, cinema, geography, history, Italian food, stick ball, stoop ball, or wiffle ball.