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🌟 Introduction to Palliative Care—an open-to-all clinical training course for clinicians from all specialties and professions.

📖 Learn what palliative care is, how it’s delivered, and its impact on quality of life.
https://ow.ly/8svy50VEb8t #hpm #hapc
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Trump's own DOJ website still has a press release up from January pointing out that violent crime in D.C. is at its lowest in more than 30 years.
Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low
Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...
www.justice.gov
August 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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#Breaking US President Donald Trump has announced that he is deploying National Guard troops and putting the Washington police force under federal control to tackle crime in the US capital
Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC
US President Donald Trump has announced that he is deploying National Guard troops and putting the Washington police force under federal control to tackle crime in the US capital.
www.rte.ie
August 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Tonight in 1933 the Reichstag was ablaze.
February 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Pope update: “condition continues to improve ”: needs less oxygen, suggesting that lung function improving. Condition has moved from "critical" to "complex", but "further days of clinical stability are needed to resolve the prognosis.” Went into the chapel today, and worked.
February 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Francis’s people say the night passed well, he slept and is now resting. It feels knife-edge today. Experts say he shows first signs of sepsis, but there are positives, and he can still pull through. Prognosis remains uncertain, the situation critical. We keep our candles lit.🕯️🕯️🕯️
February 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Pope Francis, in a critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a "good" night in hospital, slept and is resting, the Vatican has said
Pope had 'good' night, remains in critical condition
Pope Francis, in a critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a "good" night in hospital, slept and is resting, the Vatican has said.
www.rte.ie
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The burnout epidemic CANNOT be resolved with self care. It is job related. Hospital executives must improve working conditions : reduce template size, number of clicks in EHR, increase time with patients, appoint leaders who like and value clinical care.
February 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Some good news! The new paperback version of "Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle," a meditation on the story of the Raising of Lazarus, with a new introduction by Pope Francis, is now available for pre-order. I hope you enjoy it!
www.harpercollins.com/products/com...
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Mount Melleray in County Waterford closes today after more than 190 years.

The Trappist monks - some 7 remaining - will transfer to a newly amalgamated community in Roscrea.

Hundreds are expected to attend today’s final
Mass. #Cistercians #StDeclansWay
January 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Since people were asking about this on Instagram, here is A New Serenity Prayer. Also, a sung version by Terre Roche Musician here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcCY...
January 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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We’re all immune to it at this point but we have to remind ourselves that this is an abomination. A catastrophe. A grotesque corruption.

And a betrayal of the millions who fought and sacrificed in the great wars of the 20th Century to escape a world that works like this.
Today in this is not normal:

(courtesy @atrupar.com who keeps an eye on trump for the rest of us...)
January 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Why are we ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment-Section 3?

#NeverForgetJanuary6th
January 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Historic first: Pope Francis appoints woman as prefect of Vatican dicastery. NB: A cardinal now reports to her. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
Historic first: Pope Francis appoints woman as prefect of Vatican dicastery
In a groundbreaking decision, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian missionary nun, Simona Brambilla, M.C., as prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
www.americamagazine.org
January 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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January 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The @bmj.com has posted a very important piece about our disconnect with dying, & how that is hurting rather than helping us, by @lucyselman.bsky.social
This ⬇️ fantastic thread by @trishaelliott.bsky.social analyses the paper beautifully.
Read.
Contemplate.
Talk to each other.
TY Lucy & Trisha 🙏🏽
“Facing death differently: revolutionising our approach to death and grief”.

A really important piece here from @lucyselman.bsky.social in the @bmj.com.

I’ll try to pick out some highlights in a🧵, but actually I’d recommend reading the whole article.

Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
January 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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"Be very careful if you're travelling."
The National Director of Fire and Emergency Management has said people across the country should prepare for heavy snow as Status Orange weather warnings come into effect for 11 counties in Ireland | Read more: rte.ie/b/1489051
January 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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ALONE, the charity that supports older people, has appealed to any older person across Ireland to seek support if they are in need as a cold snap is set to bring plummeting temperatures across the country
Appeal to look out for elderly during cold snap
ALONE, the charity that supports older people, has appealed to any older person across Ireland to seek support if they are in need as a cold snap is set to bring plummeting temperatures across the cou...
www.rte.ie
January 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A motorist has been caught speeding at more than twice the limit on a regional road in Co Cavan as part of the garda Christmas road safety enforcement campaign
Driver at over twice the limit among speeding detections
A motorist has been caught speeding at more than twice the limit on a regional road in Co Cavan.
www.rte.ie
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM