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We are (Still) Abusing our Elderly

April 30, 2021

We are, right now, apparently willing to look the other way on abuse of the elderly because we really don’t believe it is abuse of people who are “like us."

Retirement home for nuns sees 8 COVID-related deaths in one week

December 18, 2020

The sisters served as missionaries, musicians, or peace and justice activists. One as a published poet. Another spent summers ministering to Native Americans on a reservation in South Dakota.

Church is the ideal place for the elderly to stave off loneliness

January 10, 2017

Far too many old people are placed in care homes, rather than being looked after by their families

Pope makes ‘private’ Year of Mercy visit to care homes

January 16, 2016

Vatican says surprise visit highlights 'the great importance and preciousness of the elderly'

Little Sisters to court: ‘Don’t make us choose between caring for the elderly and our faith’

July 24, 2015

Nuns ask US Supreme Court for protection from complying with the HHS birth control mandate

Pope Francis to elderly people: give the world your wisdom and prayers

March 12, 2015

At his general audience Francis says that being old is no time for resting

Neglecting your elderly relatives is a mortal sin, says Pope Francis

March 05, 2015

Francis says it is 'easy to put our consciences to sleep' and not visit parents for months at a time

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/09/14

September 29, 2014

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