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Michael Olson

The Most Rev. Michael F. Olson is the bishop of Fort Worth. He is a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine and serves as the chair of that committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care Issues.

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The danger of turning ‘brain death’ and organ donation into culture war issues

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A new statement on end-of-life care threatens established Catholic tradition.

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The Eucharist is the ‘source and summit’ of Christian life. What does that really mean?

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Is our intense focus on the form of liturgical celebration placing a disproportionate emphasis upon the Eucharist as the summit of Christian life?

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