What Does the Catholic Church Really Say About IVF?

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In vitro fertilization can bring forth life - so, why would the Catholic Church be against it? On this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick describe to us the not-so-talked about process of IVF, what actually happens in this method of reproduction, and why the Church can't support it. For the St. Dominic Rosary and more from the Catholic Woodworker: https://catholicwoodworker.com/products/st-dominic-rosary?utm_source=godsplaining&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=stdominic Send your questions for the friars to:godsplaining@opeast.org Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsWitness: https://www.avemariapress.com/products/witness-1?srsltid=AfmBOoo3b2MbHxat33i-cwrd1AcSW_hPBfcHcm4-8XxJoCDn4OUgTBe_Training the Tongue: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speechYour Eucharistic Identity: https://ignatius.com/your-eucharistic-identity-yeip/St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe.
0:07.0	And this is Father Gregory Pine.
0:08.0	Welcome to Godsplaining. Thanks to all who support us. If you enjoy our podcast, please
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0:19.0	Friends, before we jump, jump, jump into this episode, we've got a really
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0:27.6	We're excited.
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0:41.5	Our rosary features St. Dominic at the center with our little dog, right, Father Gregory?
0:46.6	Well, good, a little dog. Go on, little godsplaining, doc.
0:49.5	St. Dominic, of course, is a great saint who helped to promote the rosary.
0:52.9	It's an integral part of the story of the rosary. Built to last for generations, this is a ros saint who helped to promote the rosary. It's an integral part of the story
0:54.4	of the rosary. Built to last for generations, this is a rosary, men for all Catholics who pray the
0:59.4	rosary or who want to start praying the rosary. So it has a great weight. It's designed to slow
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1:18.0	They've got many other things you'll want to discover there. Father Gregory. Let's turn to our
1:26.5	episode. Exactly. A seamless transition. Exactly. Well, I, there's not a good way to, like, jump into talking about bioethics without sounding dirty. Yeah, well, that's true. Yeah. So it was a risk, and I decided, after having read your book to be prudent. Nice.
1:45.6	Yeah, maybe once in my life.
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