catholic priest donates kidney?

Question

Have you heard this story?

MIAMI -- When one of his parishioners fell ill, the former pastor of St. Kevin's Catholic Church in Miami didn't hesitate to lend a hand; he gave his kidney. In the past 16 years, Margarita Chavez has had three kidney transplants. Her latest was on Wednesday. The donor was the Rev. Alfred Cioffi. "I figured, I have two kidneys. I don't need two kidneys, so I could give her one," said Cioffi. "There are no words to understand what's going on here. I'm full of gratitude to him," said Chavez. Chavez and Cioffi met while he was a priest at St. Kevin's in Miami 15 years ago.
LINK http://www.local10.com/health/14381217/detail.html?rss=mia&psp=news

I wonder: All you people who say bad things about Catholic priests: When was the last time you donated a kidney to someone in need?

TO corrosionfactor: Yes, as a matter of fact, I am signed up like you. And yes, (and unlike you) I do love my parish priest as I love all my brothers & sisters in Christ. Now, any more rude comments?

Answer 1

I am surprised this made it into the news at all. Usually if it is something good about Catholics especially a priest it is buried so far down nobody knows it. Our Faith is full of this type of self sacrifice. It is too bad more people do not realize it.

Answer 2

No, I did not heard it on the news. If it happened it was very short as to given no importance. When I see the news they always talk sex abuse on the Catholic Church, and then news repeats it all the week long and fallow very closely for months. I know their are a lot of good thing going on the catholic church most people don't know about. For example nuns, prist, fallowers helping poor, sick, needy, and world cruises of global worming and other things. I know my community is help the poor as we write and the needy.

Answer 3

Good story.

Did you know that Pope Benedict XVI is a registered organ doner? http://www.the-tidings.com/2005/0902/organ.htm

The Catholic Church teaches:

Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks incurred by the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient.

Donation of organs after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as a manifestation of generous solidarity.

It is not morally acceptable if the donor or those who legitimately speak for him have not given their explicit consent.

Pope John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae states:
1. Organ and tissue donation is heroic and praiseworthy.
2. The donor must be dead before organs and tissue can be harvested.
3. The determination of death is left to medical experts.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2296: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm#2296
Or the Encyclical EVANGELIUM VITAE: http://www.vatican.va/edocs/ENG0141/_INDEX.HTM

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

I haven't yet but am signed up as an organ donor.

How about you? Have you donated a kidney? Have you accepted your church's encyclical accepting evolution?

Are you an organ donor or just a priest lover?

Thanks for answering, now, what about John Paul II's "Truth Does Not Contradict Truth" concerning acceptence of biological evolution?

The Louisiana Chapter of the ACLU helped the Ards, a Roman Catholic family whose father objected to his sons being subjected to Baptist teachings in their public school in Tangipahoa Parish. I'm proud to be a member, even though I'm in the Mississippi chapter. Do you protect the rights of the minorities against the tyranny of the majority regarding religion?

Yogini: he is an angry young man and calls everyone rude. We find him entertaining.

Answer 5

Interesting thanks for sharing.

Its kind of sad that you have to post something like this to

show others.

It doesn't matter what religion you are, there are rude and evil ppl everywhere. including here.

Answer 6

That is a wonderful thing he did. I wish, however, that you weren't so angry all the time. Does this forum really help you or does it hurt you?

I don't really mind the thumbs down. I'm just trying to be kind.

Answer 7

He did a wonderful thing but bear in mind that sinners do the same.

Luke 6:33 "And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same."

I have noted that the Christian realm is very generous and willing to help the body, but to take the time and set a Godly example that the souls of men might be healed it quit a different story. We can give our bodies to be burned, give all that we have to feed the poor, and if we have not the Love of God in our hearts it will profit us nothing,1 Corinthians 13:1-3.

By the way that was a very good thing your priest did.I wish more people would be that caring, myself included.

Or maybe you would like to look at some of these preist.
OF THE DECREE WHICH BY THE ROMANISTS WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE NETHERLANDS, ABOUT THE
YEAR 1521, AGAINST ALL WHO BELIEVED
OTHERWISE THAN THE ROMAN
CHURCH; AND WHAT MISERY
RESULTED THEREFROM
About A. D. 1521, at the time of Emperor Charles V., a decree was made and issued by those of the Roman church, on account of the Lutherans and Zwinglians, against all those who were opposed to the Roman profession, and hence, also against the Anabaptists; who were all threatened with cruel punishments of death, as appears from the following account in the Chron. van den Ondergang, p. 975, col. 2.

The account is as follows:*"From it was made, A. D. 1521," says the writer,"the first prohibition or decree concerning religion, and brought into the Netherlands without the consent of the States, etc.; so that they (this and like decrees) were rather tolerated than confirmed by the states; the more so since they were greatly favored by the pope and the clergy, as tending to promote obedience towards the mother-the Roman-church, and generally no complaint was heard from any of the common people against it; that is, against the first.

By virtue of this decree all who believed otherwise than the Roman church, or who had such books in their possession, or harbored such heretics or people, and all those whom the magistrates were commanded to apprehend, were strictly sentenced to death; and not only these, but also all who in any wise were suspected of heresy; every Roman Catholic being required to denounce every suspected person, who, upon the testimony of two witnesses, were, according to the instruction of the judges, sentenced to death, their property confiscated, and one third of it given to the accusers and witnesses, though said witnesses had but little to say, only so that they were known as good Catholics by their pastor or priest.

If any one from fear took to flight, no one was allowed to intercede for him, or plead his innocence, neither the father for the child, nor brother for brother; but he was condemned on account of his flight, and his property confiscated.

Though one did even desist from his so-called error, and suffered himself to be better in


*In the following a few words are changed, without altering the sense, however.
structed, as it were, by the pastor, according to the Romish manner, he had nevertheless to die. No greater mercy was shown him than that he was not put to death by fire, but executed with the sword.

The women were buried alive, and no judge could mitigate these decrees, unless he was willing to be regarded as a protector of the heretics, and be proceeded against as such.

From this decree (the one first spoken of) made by imperial power and authority, others were produced, and issued, almost every year.

And by virtue of these decrees, none might have in his possession, buy, give, carry, read, or communicate, the doctrines, writings or books, of the Lutherans, Zwinglians, etc. (he also makes mention of the Mennonites), or dispute about them; neither might they confer or dispute with any one about the holy Scriptures, or read the same to others, except (Romish) theologians or doctors of divinity, or those who were properly licensed.

No one was allowed knowingly to receive suspected persons (called heretics) into his house, to lodge them, to give them food, clothes, or money; but had to report them immediately, all on pain of death and confiscation of property.

Extracted from various Biographies of Emperor Charles V, Chron. Mich., 4th part; Chron. Sleyd., lib. 1, 2, to 25; Hist. Alons, Ullw, lib. 1-5; Chron. Hed., fol. 682; Chron. Saxon., fol. 649; Chron. Franc. (old edition), fol. 62, 63; Chron. Petr. Bor., lib. 1. Caprit., lib. 3. Pantal., lib. 3; Hist. der Mart. Doopsges., lib. 1. Eman. van Met., lib. 1; Mer., fol. 960; Chron. Petr. Scriv., fol. 593; D. Andries Hondd., lib. 1, cap. 15; D. Dirck heli., lib. 2; Manl., fol. 255; W. Baud., lib. 16, an old chronicle of the life and deeds of Charles V, throughout, etc.

NOTE.-A. D. 1522, Charles Stadius also declared his views, at this time, among the learned; he secretly held with the Anabaptists, says Leonhard Krantz in his German Chronology, lib. 7. Others, however, ascribe a different belief to him, which is not found with the Anabaptists; namely, that he said, that Christ, through His blood, had also redeemed the (fallen) angels. Conrad Schless, 1st part, cap. 5, compared with P. 7. Twisck, Chron., page 994, col. 2. What happened to him, however, on account of his belief, is not stated.

A. D. 1524.-Henry Zutphaniensis was horribly put to death for the Gospel of Christ, by Ditmarish peasants. See the above cited Chronicle, p. 1001, col. 1. Also, Rab., part 3; Sleyd., lib. 4.

Crusader I believe that you have a sincere heart, but so did Saul.Please look this over and pray about it.

Answer 8

Argh, that is mighty Christian of him.

Answer 9

and what other "organs" did he "donate"?


i'm just kidding, you see, its called a "joke" it is used to make people laugh, and not all people laugh at all jokes. You take your religion entirely too seriously. learn to laugh at yourself. stereotypes are sometimes funny, but we all know that they are not always true. Get a sense of humor.

Answer 10

AMEN.