WASHINGTON (People) — Vice President Mike Pence will publicly receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this Friday in an effort “to promote the safety and efficacy” of the vaccine. Pence, 61, and Second Lady Karen Pence “will publicly receive a COVID-19 vaccine” to “build confidence among the American people,” the White House announced Wednesday. “Vice President […]
LONDON (Premier Christian News/Press Association) — A [widowed] mother whose five-year-old daughter is in a vegetative state and at the center of a life-support treatment dispute has told a High Court judge that she will not give up. Doctors treating Pippa Knight at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London say life-support treatment should end and […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Ohio Christian Education Network and three faith-based schools have filed a lawsuit against the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department for halting in-person schooling for grades 7-12 until Jan. 11 due to the COVID pandemic. “The act of worship (or engaging in physical or mental acts to honor God) takes many forms beyond singing […]
(AL.com) — Years ago, Francesca McCall and her sister, Chantale, made a pact: should either of them die young, one sister would take in the other’s children and raise them as their own. It was a promise Francesca McCall, 40, never hoped she would have to uphold. Already raising seven biological children ranging in age […]
(The Christian Institute) — Doctors in the Netherlands will be allowed to sedate dementia patients before euthanizing them, if they fear they will resist. New guidelines say that in cases of severe dementia where the patient has lost the ability to communicate, doctors no longer have to obtain their consent if an “advance directive” stating […]
ROME — A baby born at 23 weeks is now home with her family after her mother gave her a fighting chance to survive instead of agreeing to a recommended abortion. The site Avvenire tells the story of a 27-year-old mother named Jessica, whose daughter, Nicol Vittoria, overcame a number of obstacles after she had […]
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A pastor who spent weeks in the hospital fighting for his life after contracting COVID-19 was greeted by a parade of cars outside his home to celebrate his recovery. The Miller family says they were so grateful for the outpouring of support. Nearly 100 cars drove by to welcome Thomas […]
MOSCOW, Ark. — An Arkansas woman recently celebrated her 106th birthday after surviving the novel coronavirus earlier this year. The family of Priscilla Boyle decorated their cars with balloons, signs, and/or birthday wrapping paper on Nov. 22 as they held a mini-parade outside of her care facility while Boyle watched from the door, wearing a […]
NAPLES — A mother in Italy has happily given birth to her daughter after rejecting recommendations to abort due to a breast cancer diagnosis. Consiglia Varriale, 42, discovered in March that there was a lump in her breast. She was advised to abort so she could proceed with surgery and chemotherapy. “They all told me […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A pastor in North Carolina is thankful to be alive after fighting a severe reaction to the novel coronavirus and spending 87 days in the hospital, followed by a number of complications even after returning home. Rory Baker, who leads Fruit of the Spirit Ministries in Greensboro, contracted COVID-19 in April and […]