AUSTRALIA’S “miracle” conjoined twins — born with identical faces and separate brains but sharing a skull and body — have died. 
 
 The girls’ parents, Sydney couple Renee Young and Simon Howie, aptly named their daughters Faith and Hope after they were born on May 8, weighing just over two kilograms. 
 
 Following a short labour, Ms Young was first taken to Blacktown Hospital before she was rushed by ambulance to Westmead Children’s Hospital, where their babies underwent further medical treatment. 
 
 Faith and Hope were the result of an extremely rare condition known as disrosopus, which causes a baby to be born with two faces. 
 
 Fewer than 40 human disrosopus cases are known to have been born. Not all of them survived beyond birth. 
 
 CONJOINED TWINS: Hope and Faith born surrounded by love 
 
 SAD NEWS: Conjoined twin girls, Hope & Faith, have passed away. Our thoughts are with their parents Simon & Renee. pic.twitter.com/0hs1as7Tvv — A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) May 27, 2014 
 
 Hope and Faith may have shared the same body, but they had very different personalities, according to their parents. 
 
 “Faith tends to cry a little more, while Hope takes after her mum and likes to sleep a lot,” Mr Howie previously told Woman’s Day magazine. 
 
 “Faith blows little bubbles and loves sucking her thumb but Hope prefers the dummy.” 
 
 The couple had faced hurtful criticism from others who disagreed with their decision to go ahead with the pregnancy, after doctors advised them to terminate at 19 weeks. 
 
 But Ms Young said she had “more important things to worry about”. 
 
 “Other people’s opinions don’t matter, but it’s sad to hear it. Maybe they are just scared of difference,” she said. 
 
 More to come. 

 Simon Howie and Renee Young were with their twins, who were almost three weeks old, when they died at the Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney. 
 
 A hospital spokeswoman said they died just after noon on Tuesday. 
 
 "Our precious baby girls, who gave it a good fight, are headed to the arms of the angels who will give them their wings," the statement said. 
 
 Faith and Hope Howie, who had an extremely rare condition called diprosopus, shared a body, limbs and a skull, but each had their own brains and a set of identical facial features. 
 
 There are about 35 similar cases recorded worldwide and none of these babies survived. 
 
 Doctors discovered the babies' condition during a routine ultrasound at 19 weeks and their parents went against medical advice when they continued with the pregnancy. 
 
 They were born at 32 weeks by emergency caesarean on May 8. 
 
 Both parents, who already have seven children, showed enormous pride in their twins. 
 
 "I think they're beautiful, Simon thinks they're beautiful, really that's all that matters," Ms Young told The Nine Network after the birth of the girls.
– They were rare even among the rare phenomenon of conjoined twins—Faith and Hope Howie shared a skull, but had separate faces and brains. The twins died yesterday at a hospital in Sydney, just shy of 3 weeks old, reports Australia's News Network. The condition is called diprosopus, and fewer than 40 cases have been recorded worldwide, reports 9 News of Australia. Parents Renee Young and Simon Howie say they have no regrets about going ahead with the pregnancy, against the advice of doctors who spotted the condition at the 19-week mark. "I think they're beautiful, Simon thinks they're beautiful, really that's all that matters," said Young after the girls' birth.