John, our patient with metastatic cancer, had three possibilities of treatment: a lethal injection, aggressive treatment to prolong his dying, and allowing him to die peacefully. Ethically speaking, the first option is utterly immoral, and the second is optional but...
Article 1: PROLONGING LIFE OR POSTPONING DEATH? FAUSTO GOMEZ OP faustogomezb@yahoo.com                John is 48 years old. He is terminally ill with brain cancer – and suffering terribly. His older brother who is a physician has...
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP A doctor writes: My younger brother John is suffering terribly due to a terminal brain cancer. Â He is asking me: Please, let me go. Watching him suffer so much, I am inclined to help him end his life. I wish to share with you dear readers some...
José Luis de Miguel, OP jldemiguelf@gmail.com *** Dominic of Guzmán “He arrived as fire. He left as light† Io-Ann Ianotti, O.P.     Dominic was a sensitive person, attentive to the aspirations and distresses of his contemporaries, for whom he was ready...
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP faustogomezb@yahoo.com       We read the newspapers and journals of public interest; we watch the news on television or movies; we navigate on the web…, what do we read and see very often? Issues directly connected with biotechnology and...
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP faustogomezb@yahoo.com     Someone said that “people are not bad; they just suffer.†People – most people – are good, and treat others with kindness and gentleness. Being “others friendly†in our daily life does not make it to the...
