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Menlo Park priest answers Archbishop Paglia on euthanasiaFather Pius Pietrzyk: a priest must do anything in his power to stop a person from committing suicide

Menlo Park priest answers Archbishop Paglia on euthanasia
Father Pius Pietrzyk: a priest must do anything in his power to stop a person from committing suicide

After a prominent archbishop commented to journalists last week that he would hold the hand of a person dying of assisted suicide, two priests and a cardinal offered their perspectives to Catholic News Agency on what a priest

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Pope Francis: Assisted suicide is false compassionFrancis tells doctors to resist temptation of euthanasia

Pope Francis: Assisted suicide is false compassion
Francis tells doctors to resist temptation of euthanasia

Pope Francis told a group of Italian doctors Friday they must resist the temptation to participate in assisted suicide or euthanasia, which trades the dignity of the patient for a “false compassion.”

“It

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Seattle priest says he was unaware parishioner would commit suicideFather Dupont gave Robert Fuller public blessing shortly before he ended his life

Seattle priest says he was unaware parishioner would commit suicide
Father Dupont gave Robert Fuller public blessing shortly before he ended his life

A priest who was photographed blessing a man who planned to commit suicide said Friday that he was unaware of the man’s intentions, and that if he had known what the man was planning, he would

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Seattle bishops to review blessing of assisted suicide advocateAIDS patient killed himself days after he received Mass blessing

Seattle bishops to review blessing of assisted suicide advocate
AIDS patient killed himself days after he received Mass blessing

The Archdiocese of Seattle is facing questions after a local man received a formal Catholic blessing at Mass shortly before committing medically assisted suicide.

Robert Fuller, an HIV and cancer patient, committed suicide

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Appeals court overturns assisted suicide ruling by lower court judge

Appeals court overturns assisted suicide ruling by lower court judge

A state appeals court in California has vacated a lower court ruling that struck the state’s physician-assisted suicide law as unconstitutional, finding the Christian doctors who challenged the 2016 law lacked standing to sue because they

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Assisted suicide on steroids

Assisted suicide on steroids

The California Senate rushed through AB 282 through on the first day that the legislature returned from recess. The bill legalizes aiding, advising, or encouraging assisted suicide. The bill was passed August 7.

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Appeals court reinstates California euthanasia law

Appeals court reinstates California euthanasia law

A California appeals court on Friday reinstated a law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives.

The ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal allows the controversial law known as the

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“The good news is the AMA did not change their position”

“The good news is the AMA did not change their position”

The American Medical Association voted this week to return to committee a report recommending continued opposition to physician assisted suicide – a move that commentators have called a missed opportunity to stand up for the value

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Assisted suicide is not healthcare

Assisted suicide is not healthcare

Recently, a Superior Court judge in Riverside County issued a ruling overturning California’s assisted-suicide law. As expected, the ruling has been challenged. Still, I am grateful because it offers us an opportunity to revisit important questions

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“Rulings seem to be accumulating against this terrible piece of legislation”

The following statement was issued May 25 by Edward ‘Ned” Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, on the Fourth District Court of Appeal denying the California Attorney General’s request for an immediate stay of

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