 "A
silent and deadly epidemic is moving across America. No one is
broadcasting it. No one is writing about it. Almost no one is even
talking about it. But every day in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices
across the country, more and more of our medically vulnerable loved
ones are being euthanized."
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 Over
the weekend, Pope Francis restated the importance of taking care of the
growing number of elderly people across the globe. He said the lack of
care and concern for the elderly is equivalent to euthanasia — because
elderly person often die physically from neglect and face spiritual and
emotional depression because their family may abandon them.
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 Robyn
and Adam Wilson were told their unborn baby might not survive and
doctors advised them to have an abortion because their child was
supposedly in a grave condition. Doctors said it was likely he would be
born with a life-limiting illness and may have Down syndrome.
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 A
brilliantly sunlit St. Peter’s Square was the scene Sunday morning for a
great gathering of senior citizens – and especially grandparents – who
had come to Rome to be with Pope Francis, to exchange life stories and
hear the Holy Father’s reflections on the importance, the struggles, and
the beauty of life in the old age.
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