
Death is Not a Right
A little late to our symposium here on “mercy and killing.” The “and,” our editor informed us, was meant to keep the subject broad –

A little late to our symposium here on “mercy and killing.” The “and,” our editor informed us, was meant to keep the subject broad –
This video was produced using pictures taken between 2009 and 2012 while I was a student at Ave Maria School of Law. Pictures include various events

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

Pope about The Pope Mnsgr Pope recently quoted some remarks the Pope made to the US Bishops during their ad limina visit. One thing that struck

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,

Guest post by Edward G. O. Radler Rice First, I want to extend my thanks to Stacy Trasancos for giving me the opportunity to present a guest

My earliest memory of Catholic education was my first year of Kindergarten at Our Lady of Victory School in Victoria, TX. Catholic education is many