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By Michael F. Flach Herald Staff Writer (From the issue of 9/29/05) "It is a huge challenge to establish a dispassionate assessment of the stem-cell debate," said Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center. "We have to have ethical and moral guidelines in our research. Science without ethics is a recipe for disaster." Unless there's a complete change of minds and hearts, the future doesn't look bright for pro-life supporters, he said. He described a scenario where "fetal farms" would be established to harvest organs from aborted babies. Stem-cell research, in vitro fertilization and human cloning were among the topics examined by Father Pacholczyk during a two-day workshop last week at St. Agnes Church in Arlington. The discussion was sponsored by the Diocesan Office for Family Life. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn