Our society is very fond of euphemisms. We like to wrap up difficult ideas and realities with words that make us feel warm and fuzzy,
While the cultural battle rages most obviously around abortion, another threat to human dignity, euthanasia, has been in the background for decades. And while many
My name is Dan, and I am an abortion sidewalk counselor in New Jersey. This is my inaugural column for a series I will call
I read a fact the other day on the internet: Eight percent of all babies in the womb who test positive for Down syndrome or
A little late to our symposium here on “mercy and killing.” The “and,” our editor informed us, was meant to keep the subject broad –
Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. – Matthew 5:48 Perfection. We are constantly pressured to be more and more perfect.
This is the end result. It was obvious not long ago. I was reminded of it when my wife and I sat to watch the
For this symposium on mercy and killing most of the writers have been weighing in on the issues of euthanasia and abortion, and with good
Guest post from a Perinatal Hospice Nurse About a year ago, a well known Protestant pastor had a question posed to him on a radio
My brain is not in the least interested in our symposium topic this week. The address for “mercy” + “forgiveness” + “killing” NOT “animals” was
I’ve been working my way through Caritas in Veritate for what seems like forever now. And even though I’m halfway through, I already know that
Guest post from Mr. Jose Trasancos Just ask my wife – I tend to communicate with certain efficiency. I don’t waste words. Euthanasia, ‘mercy killing’,
I sometimes sing Toby Keith’s song “Beer For My Horses” to get on my sister’s nerves: “Grand pappy told my pappy back in my day
In the ongoing battle against the forces of evil, I think that many Catholics forget to be merciful towards the “killers” of our society. We
The late Russell Kirk may be numbered among my favorite political philosophers. Not everything which he wrote was good, but much of what he did
When Stacy announced this symposium on Mercy and Killing, two words sprang immediately to mind: Capital Punishment. Perhaps it’s the years I spent as an
Guest post by Dr. Ty Meyer There are times in our lives when everything turns upside down, when the world seems to be spinning out
I’ve been mulling over the idea of mercy killing and euthanasia for three days now, wondering what to write about, wondering what I thought about
As he lay in his hospital crib, the newborn’s parents were warned that his mind and body would be limited because of cerebral palsy. His mom wrote
It should be noted to our readers that the subject of mercy killing was the instigation of the “Mercy and Killing” symposium here at IGNITUM
I’ll make this article short and get straight to the point: Euthanasia is the deliberate killing of a person’s life, and so is murder. Yes,
