End of Life Care: Are food and water ‘medicine’?
We can’t live without food and water. Our bodies rely on these basic essentials of life for survival. Think for a moment about a time…
We can’t live without food and water. Our bodies rely on these basic essentials of life for survival. Think for a moment about a time…
There never used to be debate over when someone was dead. If there was no heartbeat, no breathing, and no response to stimulation or resuscitation…
Life support: The ventilator By Paul A. Byrne, M.D. Breathing is something we do all the time, mostly without even thinking about it. We take…
We’ve probably heard this question before. No one wants to be hooked up to machines against their will–and no one should be forced to be…
A non-comprehensive compendium of cases of patients who have awakened and/or improved following a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state, irreversible coma or death Prepared with…
By Julie Grimstad Contrary to what secularists1 claim, there are absolutes – absolutely right and absolutely wrong choices and actions. The Catholic Church, more than any…
It’s hard to ignore the national campaign to encourage organ donation. You encounter it on bumperstickers and billboards, and you deal with it when you…
in this issue: hot button issues: BOB DORNANabortion: CONSPICUOUS BY ITS ABSENCEabortion and business: AMERICAN GIRLabortion and rape: COSTA RICAeuthanasia: HURRICANE KATRINAin vitro fertilization: IGNORING GUIDELINESmedical research: WRONGmorning-after abortion pill: CONGRESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTSpersonhood: RIGHT TO…
There has been a great deal of debate for some months over the question of whether Senator Bill Frist is or is not pro-life.
National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru talks about recent “bad news” for pro-lifers, claiming that polls show an downsurge in the number of Americans who define themselves as pro-life.
Moral ConscienceReference pages 438-441 1777 Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid…
In that the Catholic Faith is founded on the apostolic teachings found in Holy Scripture, the early teachings of the Church founders, The Catechism of…