The 29 year-old woman whose battle with terminal brain cancer has gripped the nation says she may not swallow a lethal prescription on Saturday as planned because she still feels joy and thinks this might not be the "right time".
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Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of the Diocese of Portland, Oregon says the kind of death chosen by 29 year-old brain cancer victim, Brittany Maynard, who is planning to die on Saturday, "sows confusion about the purpose of life and death".
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Brittany Maynard, the 29 year-old woman with terminal brain cancer who is choosing to end her life on November 1 has just crossed off the last item on her bucket list and is now prepared to die, as planned on November 1.
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Philip Johnson
A young seminarian with incurable brain cancer is praying that 29 year-old Brittany Maynard, who is suffering the same plight and publicly announced plans to take her life with prescription drugs on November 1, is asking her to choose to fight instead so that her life and witness can be an example and inspiration to others.
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A 38 year-old Bulgarian man has become the first person to walk again after being paralyzed from the waist down, thanks to a new procedure using nerve-supporting cells from the inside of his nose.
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A new controversy is brewing over government backing of Ebola vaccines that are using aborted fetal cell lines even though vaccines developed from moral alternatives are just as effective.
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With both candidates for governor of the state of Rhode Island in favor of abortion "rights", Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Diocese of Providence is suggesting that voters write-in the name of Mother Teresa in protest to send a signal that voters want to see pro-life candidates on the ballot in November.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSWhen Ellen Burkhardt of Minnesota wrote about a positive article for Salon Magazine about what it's like to be a 26 year-old virgin, she never expected the avalanche of support she received on social media.
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Dr. Thomas Hilgers and his wife, Sue, founders of the
Pope Paul Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction - which has brought hope and healing to countless women and couples struggling with infertility - will be in attendance on Sunday when Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI.
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A devout Catholic couple from Pennsylvania chose a unique way to celebrate the short life of their baby boy, Shane, who lived just four hours after being born with a rare fatal birth defect. Knowing he wouldn't live long, they created a "bucket list" of all the places he would have enjoyed and visited each one while he was still in utero.
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A new controversy is brewing over government backing of Ebola vaccines that are using aborted fetal cell lines even though vaccines developed from moral alternatives are just as effective.
