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February 26, 2018 – New Hampshire Medical-Conscience Bill

https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/new-hampshire-medical-conscience-bill/ The question of “medical conscience,” that is, whether doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and the like can be forced to participate in medical procedures or provide services with which they have a religious or moral objection is heating up. Now, New Hampshire is considering a bill that would provide protection for such dissenting medical professionals.

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February 26, 2018 – Vancouver archbishop critiques euthanasia provision in hospice care

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vancouver-archbishop-critiques-euthanasia-provision-in-hospice-care-53732 “The government needs to immediately halt any efforts to force access to assisted suicide in facilities where caregivers – whether family, friends, or health-care workers or volunteers – selflessly attend to the sick and suffering,” said Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver in a Feb. 22 statement. “As a community, we must also ask…

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February 6, 2018 – Message Of His Holiness Pope Francis For Lent 2018

http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/messages/lent/documents/papa-francesco_20171101_messaggio-quaresima2018.html “Because of the increase of inquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24:12) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Once again, the Pasch of the Lord draws near! In our preparation for Easter, God in his providence offers us each year the season of Lent as a “sacramental sign of our conversion”.  Lent summons…