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Canadian mum requests euthanasia for disabled four-year-old son
August 16, 2021
A mother of a disabled boy is asking the Canadian government to extend euthanasia to children so a lethal injection might be given to her son. Karie-Lyn Pelletier, from L’Islet, says she wants to be able to end the life of her four-year-old boy, Abel, if his condition further deteriorates. The child suffers from Mednik
Legalising assisted suicide would cross a ‘moral line’ says English Bishop
May 24, 2021
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury is urging “all those who value the sanctity of human life and desire the best care and support for the sick and dying” to oppose an “assisted dying” Bill that is expected to be introduced into the House of Lords on Wednesday. “The Bill comes at the end of a
The Unkept Promise Leads to Death
December 13, 2020
While Dr. Anthony Fauci recently said that “we could start getting things back to relative normal” by next spring or summer if enough people get vaccinated, some aspects of “normal” probably will not survive. One of these are the political and moral arguments against a legal right to physician-assisted suicide. Then-California governor Jerry Brown summed
Analysis: Church’s teaching on euthanasia infallible (Vatican comms outfit, not so much)
September 27, 2020
Samaritanus bonus is a clarifying document that reiterates settled teaching with remarkable patience, limpidity, and force. So, why not remark it?
US bishops: Pope Francis talks Fr James Martin, euthanasia, at private meeting
February 21, 2020
During a private meeting with bishops from the southwestern United States, Pope Francis talked about his 2019 meeting with Fr. James Martin, SJ, and about pastoral care and assisted suicide. The Pope met on February 10 for more than two hours with bishops from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Several bishops present at
Cardinal Eijk: A priest cannot be present at euthanasia
December 18, 2019
A priest must say clearly to a person opting for assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia that he is committing a grave sin, a Dutch cardinal told CNA this week. For the same reason, a priest cannot be present when voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide is performed. This might imply that the priest has no problems
Priests respond to Archbishop Paglia: ‘Accompaniment isn’t directionless’
December 18, 2019
After a prominent archbishop commented to journalists last week that he would hold the hand of a person dying of assisted suicide, two priests and a cardinal offered their perspectives to CNA on what a priest ought to do if faced with a person wishing to commit assisted suicide. “Sitting there holding their hand as
Belgium’s euthanasia nightmare
August 03, 2018
As children are put to death, Belgium's experience shows the 'slippery slope' is real
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