Life and Death - Page 8 of 9
June 28th, 2017
CNN recently sent a religious correspondent into northern India to learn about the Aghor religion, a unique sect of Hinduism notorious for its extreme ritualistic practices, such as eating human flesh.
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June 5th, 2017
21-year-old Mariah Walton of Idaho is battling a life-threatening heart and lung condition. The most excruciating part? Her condition was entirely preventable. One of nine children, Mariah was born with a small hole in her heart, a congenital birth defect that
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May 31st, 2017
Tormented by an incurable disease, John Shields knew that dying meant playing the waiting game, slowly watching quality of life slip away and agony mount. So he chose assisted suicide.
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May 18th, 2017
Esther has spent the past 29 years attempting unsuccessfully to divorce her husband. While civil proceedings moved quickly through the courts after her husband tried to murder her, religious divorce is taking a while.
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March 28th, 2017
An Italian doctor is readying a team of over 150 nurses and doctors to assist in performing the world's first head transplant surgery. He hopes to save the life of a man with a degenerative muscle disease, but experts say that pride may be clouding the doctor's judgment.
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March 23rd, 2017
Reverend Rene Robert didn't believe in capital punishment. Then the unthinkable happened: he was kidnapped and brutally murdered. By the letter of the law, his killer should face the death penalty. But will Rev. Robert's final wishes be respected?
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March 21st, 2017
After 59 years of marriage, Margaret and Don Livengood spent their final few days together, side-by-side in a single hospital room, holding hands. When the end finally came, Don and Margaret passed away within a few short hours of one other. The bittersweet e
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February 23rd, 2017
An astonishing 29% of LGBT teens attempted suicide in the past year, compared to just 6% of heterosexual teens. However, a new study links the legalization of gay marriage to a marked decrease in suicide attempts among this vulnerable group.
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December 29th, 2016
The year 2016 may go down in infamy for many reasons, but one of them has to be the unbelievable string of celebrity deaths. This year has been absolutely ruthless in claiming the lives of so many beloved public figures.
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