Articles on this issue "euthanasia"
Ending a person's life is "false" solution to the problem of suffering, and one not worthy of human dignity, says Benedict XVI. After praying the Angelus today with those gathered in St. …
read moreBenedict XVI is expressing his "deep concern" for the advance of euthanasia legislation in Luxembourg, saying that politicians should remember that taking innocent human life is always wrong. …
read moreColombia's draft law on euthanasia and assisted suicide would introduce "legal murder," which is a "juridical contradiction," warns an internationally renowned Catholic expert in bioethics. …
read morePeople in favor of euthanasia often support it "for others," without thinking about the end of their own lives, contends a cancer patient who changed her mind about life after she was …
read moreTwenty-five doctors are appealing to Italian courts for the life of a 37-year-old woman who has come to be known as Italy's Terri Schiavo. Eluana Englaro was condemned to death by starvation …
read moreMilan's appeals court authorized Eulana Englaro's father to remove his daughter's feeding tube, who has been in a state of coma since 1992. The decision, in what has become known as the …
read moreAdvocates of assisted suicide continue to press their case in many countries. In Germany a former senator from Hamburg, Roger Kusch, released a video of him helping a woman commit suicide, …
read moreBy putting a face on the evil of euthanasia, Terri Schiavo has saved the lives of others, says her brother, Bobby Schindler. In this interview with ZENIT, Schindler, the executive director of …
read moreMisguided compassion for the sick continues to spur attempts for the legalization of euthanasia. The Luxembourg Parliament recently voted in favor of a law to permit the practice, Reuters …
read moreBenedict XVI broached the topic of euthanasia when meeting with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, which is set to become the third country in Europe to legalize euthanasia. A …
read moreSenator Barack Obama's claim that it was a "mistake" to vote in favor of an attempt to save the life of Florida woman Terri Schiavo is a statement that "dismisses life," said her brother. …
read moreHere is an excerpt of the address Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo gave Nov. 15 to Loyola College in Baltimore titled "The Sanctity of Human Life from Conception to Natural Death." The …
read moreHere is the address Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo gave Nov. 15 to Loyola College in Baltimore, titled "The Sanctity of Human Life from Conception to Natural Death." The presentation was part …
read moreBenedict XVI asked that the value of life be respected in the face of the temptation to euthanize the elderly sick, which he called a symptom of the culture of death. The Pope said this …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's address Oct. 29 to participants of the 25th International Congress of Catholic Pharmacists, held in Rome. * * * ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT …
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