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American support for euthanasia based on ‘false dichotomy,’ Catholic researcher says

August 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 13, 2024 / 16:16 pm (CNA).
After a new Gallup poll found that 7 out of 10 Americans (71%) support legalized euthanasia, Dr. Scott French, a Catholic emergency physician … […]

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Disabled Texas woman will not be denied food and water — for now — after judge’s order

August 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
A disabled Texas woman will continue to receive food and water after a Texas attorney filed an emergency petition last month to keep her parents, who are Catholic, … […]

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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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Hospice and palliative care: A look at ‘absolutely vital’ end-of-life support

May 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, May 19, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).
As assisted suicide and euthanasia continue to grow more common throughout much of the developed world, services like palliative and hospice care serve as a v… […]

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Pro-life advocates fight against euthanasia expansions across Canada, Australia

February 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, Feb 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pro-life advocates around the world are working to counteract continued efforts by euthanasia activists to pass and expand laws allowing doctors to help kill their patients.&… […]

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English Catholic priest vindicated for ‘pro-life’ opinion in end-of-life case

February 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Father Patrick Pullicino, an English Catholic priest and neurologist, has been vindicated after being investigated by a UK medical regulation agency for giving his expert opinion in an emergency end-of-life case. / Credit: Christian Concern

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Pope Francis prays for infant Indi Gregory as life support set to be removed in UK

November 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Indi Gregory, born in February and baptized in September, suffers from a rare degenerative mitochondrial disease and has been receiving life-sustaining treatment on a ventilator at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, England. / Credit: Chr… […]

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UK Catholic bishops join other faith leaders to oppose assisted suicide bills

May 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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London, England, May 24, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops in the U.K. have joined forces with other faith leaders to oppose legislation that would introduce “assisted dying” as part of end-of-life care.While the Ca… […]

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