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COVID Pandemic Challenges Catholics Regarding How to Provide Better Care for Our Elders
Experts tell the Register that the tragedy of the death and suffering the health crisis has inflicted on U.S. seniors spotlights the need to implement new models that can better protect their health and dignity.
Pope Francis Proclaims World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of July.
Extending Comfort and Joy to the Elderly This Christmas
Care facilities connect residents with loved ones and offer cheer during season marked by pandemic restrictions.
Rethinking the End of Life: The ‘God’s Houses’ Option
This kind of almshouse, coming from the Flemish tradition and based on deeply Catholic roots, could be a model for many Western countries that are faced with a deepening crisis in their nursing-home systems.
Pope Francis Asks Young People: ‘Send a Hug’ to the Elderly
Pope Francis suggested that young people can use the “inventiveness of love” to “send a hug” to an elderly person in their community by making a phone or video call, sending a card, or making a visit when safety measures allow.
99-Year-Old French Doctor Champions the Value of Life
Christian Chenay, France’s oldest doctor, is still providing medical assistance to a local community of missionaries, whom he has served as a doctor for 50-plus years.
COVID’s ‘Isolation Epidemic’: Elderly at Risk as Things Open Up
Despite social distancing, many elders have a good perspective of the situation, relying on faith, family and friends.
Supreme Court Discusses Religious Freedom, Protection for the Little Sisters of the Poor
The case began in 2011 when religious groups, including the Little Sisters, objected to the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate
