In a moving address at Leicester's Anglican Cathedral, the retired head of the Catholic Church in England, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor spoke against what he called a "subtle and silent" process of dehumanizing the elderly in western society.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Experts are saying the health care plan pending in the U.S. House will discriminate against the elderly, not only denying them care in favor of treating the young but forcing them to submit to “counseling sessions” every five years that will amount to nothing short of convincing them to die.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In recent months, several studies have produced a stream of evidence that older Americans are happier than their younger counterparts.
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