euthanasia
New Vatican document combines modern transparency with eternal teaching
By Thomas Reese — April 9, 2024
(RNS) — Pope Francis summons all people to defend human dignity in every moment of human existence.
The politics of this Easter season
By Phyllis Zagano — March 22, 2024
(RNS) — The Christian celebration of new life comes as the world is flooded with ideas of death.
Is the consumerist West headed toward killing those with dementia?
By Charles C. Camosy — February 28, 2023
(RNS) — We imagine anyone who needs help to thrive as a ‘burden,’ and thus the compassionate thing to do is end their lives. This is terribly ableist.
Expansions on euthanasia should be sounding alarm bells for us all
By Avi Shafran — July 27, 2022
(RNS) — ‘In our utilitarian and utopian zeal, the right to die today may become the duty to die tomorrow,’ warns Toronto physician Mark D’Souza.
Attacks on religious health care providers keep on coming
By Charles C. Camosy — March 28, 2022
(RNS) — A regard for the sanctity of life shouldn't count against someone sworn to save lives.
‘Silence is not an option’: Harold Braswell on Canada’s new assisted suicide law
By Charles C. Camosy — March 12, 2021
(RNS) — The law, passed this week, extends the right to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) to disabled people.
Addressing euthanasia, Vatican doctrine czar reminds media that bishops aren’t infallible
By Claire Giangravé — September 22, 2020
(RNS) — A restatement of church teaching comes soon after an archbishop suggested priests might comfort those who turn to assisted suicide.
We need more people with disabilities to get the chance Tafida Raqeeb has
By Charles C. Camosy — June 29, 2020
(RNS) — In a culture that values autonomy, faith traditions must speak up for the most vulnerable members of the human family who cannot do so in their own defense.
Making an idol of brain-injured patients
By John J. Paris and Kevin Wildes — February 10, 2020
(RNS) — A failure to appreciate the historical context of the ‘sanctity of life’ has led some to distort its meaning.
Archbishop’s remarks on assisted suicide stir culture war skirmish at the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — December 24, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia's refusal to insist on the uniform application of church law reflects the approach to complex issues that has taken hold under Francis.
HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience
By Thomas Reese — January 19, 2018
When HHS does get around to writing its rules, it would do well to listen to the Catholic Health Association in developing rules that protect individual consciences but do not discriminate.
One year later: Is Trump the most pro-life president in modern history?
By Charles C. Camosy — November 15, 2017
(RNS) — Pro-life views are now deeply tied to a man who is associated with sexism, racism and narcissism, and this will be how today’s young people will think of pro-lifers for decades to come, writes Charles C. Camosy. (COMMENTARY)
Belgian order defies pope, insists on allowing euthanasia
By Nicole Winfield — September 13, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Belgian religious congregation is defying Pope Francis' order to stop allowing euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals, saying that its decision to do so is fully consistent with Catholic doctrine.
Pope Francis to Belgian Catholics: Stop offering euthanasia
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 10, 2017
LONDON (AP) — In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two countries — along with the Netherlands — where doctors are legally allowed to kill people with mental health problems, at their request.
Charlie Gard dies after sparking a global debate on the ethics of life and death
By Catherine Pepinster — July 28, 2017
LONDON (RNS) — The baby died after his parents gave up a protracted legal battle with a London hospital over whether he could be successfully treated in the United States for a rare genetic condition.
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