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84-Year-Old Woman Speaks Out After Being Offered Euthanasia While Visiting Canadian ER for Back Pain

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The story of 84-year-old Miriam Lancaster sparked “outrage” after she shared that she was offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) after arriving at a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, hospital with back pain.

An advocate said 'simply having euthanasia offered already kills a person, because it deflates and defeats a person’s sense of self-worth, self-esteem, and of value.'

Trump to Continue Supplying Title X Grants to Planned Parenthood for Another Year

Chip Somodevilla
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said the agency will issue Title X grant notices for 2027 'matched with agency priorities.'

Via Crucis, 2026

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(L-R) Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Jimmy Lai, and Bishop Erik Varden.

COMMENTARY: Reflections from Jimmy Lai, Bishop Erik Varden and Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on courageous suffering.

SCOTUS Defends Christian Counselor’s Right to Confidentiality

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
People wait in line to enter the U.S. Supreme Court Building to attend oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a landmark case on “conversion therapy,” on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

COMMENTARY: Therapist Kaley Chiles’ victory is a welcome reminder that the First Amendment still means what it says.

Religious Freedom Panel Warns of Attacks Against Christians in Central Africa

Catholics congregate during the celebration of a Mass organized at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa on Feb. 9, 2025, by Catholic students praying for peace and for those affected by the war in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) sounded the alarm over Islamic State groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo after escalating violence against Christians.