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Nancy Pelosi revealed that she never expected her husband Paul would have been the one in her family attacked when Capitol Police woke her in the middle of the night. The House Speaker also said that the attack would affect her political future after the 2022 midterms – even though she has continuously refused to comment before the incident on the prospects of remaining in House leadership if Democrats lose a majority. In her first television interview since her 82-year-old husband suffered skull fractures in the hammer attack, Pelosi told CNN she was 'scared' when she heard the doorbell and...

Since the mid-20th century, the Catholic Church has strived to give the clearest guidance possible regarding the usage of life-support systems. Much of the teaching has been delivered in the context of the teaching on the immorality of euthanasia. Pope Pius XII, who witnessed and condemned the eugenics and euthanasia programs of the Nazis, was the first to explicate clearly this moral area and provide guidance. In 1980, the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released its Declaration on Euthanasia which further clarified this guidance, especially in light of the increasing complexity of life-support systems and the promotion...