In visits with French bishops and workers in ministry in Lourdes today, Pope Leo offered words of encouragement and took aim at that nation’s legalization of medically-assisted dying and abortion.
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Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
In their lawsuit, the individuals and religious orders argued the law would require them to facilitate such deaths for their patients in violation of their faith.
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Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law
A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic health care ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
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Canadian bishops denounce assisted suicide at MAID’s 10th anniversary
The bishops described the state of MAID in Canada as “the world’s largest and fastest-growing euthanasia program,” accounting for over 5 percent of deaths in the country.
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Canadian cardinal urges vote to stop the expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness
In letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and all members of Parliament from the Toronto area, Cardinal Frank Leo asked that they “choose life and not death” and build a civilization that cares when voting on the Right to Recover Act.
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Euthanasia, abortion and the state of the pro-life movement
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sebastian speak to Charles Camosy, author of ‘Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing.’
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In ‘La Grazia,’ an Italian president faces a moral test on euthanasia
Paolo Sorrentino is only the most recent director to wade into the thorny topic of euthanasia.
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NY bishops ‘extraordinarily troubled’ by Gov. Hochul’s decision to legalize assisted suicide
The New York bishops called on Catholics and all New Yorkers to “reject physician-assisted suicide for themselves, their loved ones, and those in their care.”
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Assisted suicide now legal in Illinois despite opposition from bishops, disability advocates
Assisted dying has been legalized in many nations across the Western world, as choosing how to end one’s life has come to be seen by many as the final frontier of individual rights.
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‘A dark day’: New York Senate passes assisted suicide law
The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents.