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  • [ November 5, 2025 ] ‘Don’t kill me’: Empty wheelchairs dramatize campaign against assisted suicide in Italy News Briefs
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Delaware’s ‘medical aid in dying’ bill passes, heads to governor

June 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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Baltimore, Md., Jun 26, 2024 / 15:50 pm (CNA).
The Delaware state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would legalize assisted suicide. The upper legislative chamber of President Joe Biden’s home state appro… […]

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End-of-life resources help Catholics ‘finish life faithfully’

April 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
As euthanasia and assisted suicide are legalized in more jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, one Catholic-focused ministry is promoting end-of-life resources… […]

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Activists prepare to sue Canadian Catholic hospital over assisted suicide refusal

February 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Feb 9, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Advocates of assisted suicide in Canada are preparing to sue a Catholic hospital over its refusal to take part in the deliberate ending of patients’ lives. Activists with Dying w… […]

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Euthanasia for Canada’s mentally ill still on the table despite ‘pause’ on implementation

February 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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Toronto, Canada, Feb 9, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Health and mental health ministers in three Canadian territories and five provinces were successful in getting Canada’s government to indefinitely pause imple… […]

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Virginia bishops warn of ‘deadly harm’ in new assisted suicide bill

February 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
The bishops of Virginia condemned… […]

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As Canada prepares to expand assisted suicide, advocates warn of threat to mentally ill

July 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA).
Mental health advocates and pro-life activists are expressing concerns over a possible expansion of Canada’s assisted suicide rules that would permit r… […]

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British man found not guilty of murdering terminally ill wife after smothering her 

July 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 21, 2023 / 15:42 pm (CNA).
A British man was found not guilty of murder in the killing of his wife, with judges ruling that the defendant instead committed manslaughter when he suffocated his s… […]

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Citizens’ convention endorses legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide in France

February 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Feb 27, 2023 / 10:56 am (CNA).
A citizens’ convention made up of randomly selected members of the French public voted Feb. 19 in favor of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, includin… […]

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Hungry, poor, and disabled Canadians seeking assisted suicide

December 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 13, 2022 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
Canadian food bank clients and disabled retirees facing financial insecurity are now considering doctor-assisted suicide to avoid living in poverty, several… […]

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Peruvian archbishop: No right to euthanasia; ‘it’s a crime’

July 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, Jul 18, 2022 / 14:32 pm (CNA).
In response to the recent decision of Peru’s Supreme Court to permit euthanasia for Ana Estrada, a woman with an incurable disease, the archbish… […]

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