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Vatican to host interfaith meeting on end-of-life issues
- Dec 11, 2019
Helping society move from a throwaway culture to “one that cares” is the goal of a Dec. 11-12 conference being co-organized by the Vatican.
Vatican official: I’d ‘hold hand’ of person dying from assisted suicide
- Dec 10, 2019
A leading Vatican official says he would “hold the hand” of someone who was dying from assisted suicide, even though he considers it wrong, because “no one is abandoned” by the Church.
Man at center of French soul-searching on life support dies
- Jul 11, 2019
A man who was in a vegetative state for 11 years yet at the center of a bitter dispute that divided his family and French courts, and provoked national soul-searching over how to deal with terminally ill patients, died on Thursday.
New head of bioethics center says new technology raises moral questions
- Jul 1, 2019
When Church leaders in the United States face new bioethical questions – such as surrounding abortion, euthanasia, or gender identity – they often turn to the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Frenchman in vegetative state kept alive after appeal to UN
- May 22, 2019
A last-ditch appeal to the United Nations forced French doctors to resume life support Tuesday for a man who has been in a vegetative state for years and whose case has drawn attention across Europe.
English bishop opposes withdrawing feeding tube to end life
- Aug 1, 2018
Permission from a court will no longer be required to remove feeding tubes and hydration from patients in a permanent vegetative state in the United Kingdom, the UK Supreme Court said on Monday.
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