Suzanne Walter News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Summer spurs memories of Sister Joseph Marion

'Jim loved dogs, cheap white wine, bad Westerns, a good steak and good friends. No service by request. When you think of Jim, smile - he would like that.'

'At the age of 19 she began working as a high-fashion model and then accepted an offer from a large clothing manufacturer in Stuttgart, Germany as a part-time model, part-time purchaser. She then met her husband Dieter Stulken and they married on March 24, 1956. Together they immigrated to Canada in 1957.'

The plight of people who feel that their suffering is unbearable or that their experience of disability is unacceptable to themselves should be a catalyst for South Africans to debate the meaning of compassion, writes University of Pretoria historian of medicine Julie Parle.

In Italy, a country with deep Catholic roots, euthanasia has long been a controversial topic. The practice, condemned by the Church, is punishable by law with a sentence ranging from 5 to 12 years in prison. But this year, the case of a 43-year-old man identified as Mario, who was paralyzed in a tra...