Dutch cardinal fears surge in euthanasia
May 12th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
An unidentified man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and who refused to eat sleeps peacefully the day before passing away in a nursing home in Utrecht, Netherlands. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht predicted the number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands will surge after the country’s highest court gave the green light to allow the killing of dementia patients no longer able to give their consent.CNS photo/Michael Kooren, Reuters BY SIMON CALDWELL, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE April …Read More
Harvard Smears Homeschooling Parents and Their Children
April 22nd, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
An article in Harvard Magazine peddles stereotypes about parents using homeschooling as a guise for abuse and paints homeschool parents as incompetent and stupid. (Photo: Mayur Kakade/Getty Images) COMMENTARY BY Nicole Russell@russell_nm Nicole Russell is a contributor to The Daily Signal. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, National Review, Politico, The Washington Times, The American Spectator, and Parents Magazine. In what has to be one of the most outrageous, misguided—frankly, …Read More
The tiny premature baby who fought off coronavirus
April 22nd, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
21 April 2020 Image copyrightTRACY MAGUIREImage captionPeyton Maguire was born eight weeks premature – weeks later she was diagnosed with coronavirus Tracy Maguire remembers the moment she saw doctors insert a swab into her three-week-old baby’s nose to test for coronavirus. The new mother says it is one of the “worst things” she has seen. “It was the first time I’d seen my baby cry tears,” she said. “I held her, I was crying and …Read More
Pro-life leaders call for coronavirus vaccine without abortion ties
April 21st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Credit: Seasontime/Shutterstock. Washington D.C., Apr 18, 2020 / 04:28 pm MT (CNA).- Development of an effective, safe and widely available vaccine for the novel coronavirus is deeply important, but its development should avoid unethical links to abortion, said pro-life leaders in a letter to the Trump administration. “It is critically important that Americans have access to a vaccine that is produced ethically: no American should be forced to choose between being vaccinated against this potentially …Read More
Eugenics Must Not Be Allowed To Sneak Through The Backdoor With Coronavirus
April 21st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
We must be aware of the danger of making medical decisions which would be detrimental to the most vulnerable in society, Care Not Killing CEO Gordon Macdonald writes. By Gordon Macdonald GETTY CREATIVE Now is the time to think about dying, author Diana Melly writes. The NHS response to Covid-19 has been incredible. It has shown the strong commitment by the medical profession and society more generally to the principle of the sanctity of human …Read More
Six Children, Pregnant Mother among Nine Christians Killed in Herdsmen Attack in Nigeria
April 21st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Muslim Fulani terrorists also strike in Niger state. April 16, 2020 By Our Nigeria Correspondent – Leave a Comment Niger state, Nigeria. (Profoss, from original by Uwe Dedering) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Six children and a pregnant woman were among nine people that Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed in north-central Nigeria Tuesday night (April 14), sources said. About a dozen herdsmen armed with rifles and machetes raided Hura-Maiyanga village, in the Miango area of Kwall District in Plateau state’s Bassa …Read More
UN Report on Religious Freedom Deems Abortion and Gender Identity as Human Rights
April 21st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Emilie Kao / @EmilieTHF / Shea Garrison / @SheaGarrison18 / April 16, 2020 / 30 Comments The United Nations report goes so far as to suggest an expanded role for the state in doctrinal matters if a religious institution has “harmful discriminatory gender norms.” (Photo: Lawrence Manning/Getty Images) COMMENTARY BY Emilie Kao@EmilieTHF Emilie Kao is director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. Shea Garrison@SheaGarrison18 Shea Garrison is vice president for international affairs for Concerned Women for …Read More
Chinese officials remove crosses from churches amid coronavirus for being ‘higher than the national flag’
April 16th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
By Caleb Parke | Fox News Religious persecution grows in China and around the world Lauren Green reports on the disturbing trend of rising religious persecution in governments around the world. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Despite being under fire for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, China’s Communist government continues its crackdown on Christianity. In March, Chinese Communist officials removed multiple crosses on churches in the eastern provinces …Read More
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS UNDER ATTACK
April 16th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Catholic hospitals are under unremitting attack—from prestigious medical journals, media, and lawyers in courtrooms. The goal is to coerce these venerable institutions into replacing their faith-based methods of medical practice with secular moral standards that deny the sanctity of human life. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine—perhaps the world’s most influential medical publication—illustrates the threat to medical conscience rights. Ian D. Wolfe and Thaddeus M. Pope, two prominent bioethicists, fret that one in six U.S. hospitals …Read More
Denying conscience – the Canadian experiment
April 2nd, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Steve Fouch is CMF Head of Communications. He has worked in community nursing, HIV & AIDS and palliative care. He serves on the International Board of Nurses Christian Fellowship International. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of CMF. Recent reports from Canada reveal a worrying trend of doctors being pressurised and bullied into participating in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD, the Canadian euthanasia programme). This is not only a worrying development in itself but one …Read More