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February 1, 2026 Glen Austin Sproviero 15

Imagine receiving a text from your blind and diabetic son who suffers from depression, telling you that he scheduled an appointment with a doctor to end his own life the next day. This happened to […]

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‘Better Off Dead?’ documentary sharpens suicide prevention focus

September 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

English actress and international disability rights activist Liz Carr, who produced and stars in the 2024 BBC documentary "Better Off Dead?", speaks in the U.S. Congress on Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/CNA

Washington, D… […]

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West Virginia ban on assisted suicide ‘a fight worth fighting,’ state delegate says

September 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, a supporter of the state’s ballot measure to make assisted suicide illegal, said in an interview with “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Sept. 5, 2024, that he hopes the potential ban will be a “gold standard for othe… […]

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Scottish bishops: Assisted suicide leads to culture of ‘death on demand’ 

August 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

“The focus must be on providing care, not providing a cheap death,” Scotland’s bishops declared. Photo of the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh. / Credit: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, A… […]

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Australian bishops release companion guide to address assisted suicide

July 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Mary’s Catherdral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. / Credit: Joern/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2024 / 14:02 pm (CNA).
Australia’s bishops have published a guide for pastors and other faith ministers to help them provide “spiritual s… […]

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Irish bishops decry assisted suicide proposal as ‘a failure of hope’

June 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Christ Church Cathedral (Holy Trinity) in Dublin, Ireland. / Credit: Bas van den Heuvel/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Ireland on Monday issued a statement laying out the Church’s teaching on end-… […]

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Family sues over hospital’s religious exemption for euthanasia

June 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. / Credit: Margarita Young/Shutterstock

Vancouver, Canada, Jun 20, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized … […]

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UK Catholic bishop urges Catholics to consider end-of-life issues before general election

June 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England. / Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk

London, England, Jun 7, 2024 / 13:27 pm (CNA).
A Catholic bishop in England has urged Catholics to make assisted suicide and euthanasia a major consideration befor… […]

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Netherlands permits euthanasia for physically healthy 29-year-old woman

June 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).
A physically healthy 29-year-old woman was allowed to end her life through physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands on the grounds of depression, sparking re… […]

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Pope Francis to palliative care symposium: Euthanasia is a ‘failure of love’

May 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

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CNA Staff, May 22, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Speaking to an interfaith symposium on palliative care taking place in Toronto May 21–23, Pope Francis said that “authentic palliative care is radically different fr… […]

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In his most recent column for The Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), Cardinal George Pell reflects on the recent fight over marriage in France: For about a decade the French Catholic Church has not raised its voice much in public life. […]

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