The moment of death is holy and sacred. It is our crossing over from this world to the next. So often the terminally ill, if they are offered spiritual accompaniment and support, no longer fear death but embrace it with joyful expectation.
From Bishop Patrick Neary: Let us uphold the dignity of life
‘Life is too short to do irrelevant things,’ says Polish doctor; he left city life to build hospice for poor, needy in the country
Dr. Pawel Grabowski dropped his life in a big city in Poland and moved to Podlasie, northeastern Poland, to take care of those excluded from medical care system.
Euthanasia in hospices ‘a serious error,’ says Vancouver archbishop
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said the British Columbia provincial government must stop attempts to force hospices and care homes to provide euthanasia.
Retired priest commissioned artwork to honor, comfort those involved with hospice
When his longtime friend and priestly brother Father Lloyd Haupt was nearing the end of his life last fall, Father Silverius Schmitt had the privilege of anointing him and praying with him while he was in hospice care at Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta.
Pope highlights sanctity of life in Year of Mercy visits
Pope Francis donned a green hospital gown over his white cassock and entered the neonatal unit of a Rome hospital.