At the end of November,
I shared with you the powerful counter-witness of Kirsten and David MacDonald against the strong tide of the culture of death that is sweeping through Canada. As the country’s suicide rate soared through euthanasia, Kirsten — bedridden with ALS (
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) — became a prisoner in her own body. Yet, she refused to take her life, instead offering it up for “priests and humanity.” I went to visit them both last week, to spend time together watching and praying in the last days of her life.
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