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No vacation for pro-lifers

Friday, December 18, 2009
No vacation for pro-lifers
I was in the Arctic Circle, in Greenland, for some R&R and to learn about polar explorations. Having fallen in love with a pair of child's sealskin slippers, I was poised to buy them. "You are from the United States, no?

Let your conscience be your guide: 7 steps to making good end-of-life decisions

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Let your conscience be your guide: 7 steps to making good end-of-life decisions
Making decisions about end-of-life care can feel emotionally and spiritually overwhelming, especially when the decisions are for someone else.

Michael Denson: Walking the last mile with death row inmates

Thursday, January 14, 2010
Michael Denson: Walking the last mile with death row inmates
Michael Denson lives in a state where 87 percent of the residents support the death penalty. As far as the Frisco, Texas man is concerned, that's all the more reason for him to devote his spare hours to serving a population that his fellow Texans would just as soon see disappear.

How do you say "pro-life" in French?

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
How do you say
The politics of abortion in Europe is both more complex and more nuanced than on this side of the Atlantic.

Voices from the debate: The church on end-of-life care

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Voices from the debate: The church on end-of-life care
While Catholic moral teaching on medical treatment has been in place for hundreds of years, the last three decades have seen increased development and debate.

Deathbed confusion: Struggling with decisions at the end of life

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Deathbed confusion: Struggling with decisions at the end of life
When it comes to caring for the terminally ill, Catholics sometimes struggle to decide when enough is enough.

Life support: U.S. Catholic readers on what it means to be pro-life

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Life support: U.S. Catholic readers on what it means to be pro-life
The pro-life movement is hardly monolithic, those responding to U.S. Catholic's Reader Survey reveal, and that's a good thing. Activists, nurses, priests, and parents are all needed to create a culture of life.

With liberty and health care for all

Monday, August 17, 2009
In this article from the U.S. Catholic archives, Kevin Clarke explored the state of our U.S. health care in 2004, capturing the effects of a crisis that we're still trying to solve five years later.

With liberty and health care for all

Monday, August 17, 2009
In this article from the U.S. Catholic archives, Kevin Clarke explored the state of our U.S. health care in 2004, capturing the effects of a crisis that we're still trying to solve five years later.