Episode 35: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Dr. Al Kertz, a Catholic Bioethicist (October 28, 2019)

Dr. Al Kertz returns as Mary Anne Urlakis’ guest on Episode 35 of Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life & Death: Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist. As a renown scientist and authority in the field of Dairy Science, Dr. Kertz is a frequently sought consultant, sharing his expertise in the United States and abroad. As a consultant, Dr. Kertz has traveled to China nearly 30 times, and has visited 15 of the 22 provinces, 3 of the 4 major metropolitan areas, and flown into 14 airports. As a result of Dr. Kertz’s frequent, extensive, and prolonged travel in China, he is able to share a unique perspective on the topics of culture and religion. In this episode, Dr. Kertz and Dr. Urlakis explore these issues, including a discussion of: the social and cultural results of the official “One Child Policy,” religious persecution, the plight of the Uighurs, as well as elucidating the difference between the underground Catholic Church and Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church. [Dr. Al Kertz was a previous guest on Inter Vitam et Mortem; he and Dr. Urlakis discussed the topic of Faith and Science in Episode 27.]