French Catholic Health Providers Told to Prepare to Refuse Assisted Suicide
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French Catholic health providers told to prepare to refuse assisted suicide
French bishops wrote to the heads of Catholic-inspired health care institutions in their country on Sunday, telling them that they must prepare to use their legal right to refuse to participate in assisted suicide and euthanasia. Source: Crux.
Soon the new law for conditional release of euthanasia will enter into force in France. The French bishops show solidarity with Catholic institutions that do not want to apply this law.
The euthanasia is being introduced. France's bishops reject it so that people can end their lives naturally, and demand it from Catholic hospitals.
A few weeks after the visit of Leo XIV to France, the bishops presented concrete initiatives on, among others, the defense of life in the face of the legalization of euthanasia, assistance to victims of sexual violence, the future of Catholic education and the involvement of the Church in the debate ahead of the presidential elections in 2027. On 8 November, the autumn plenary assembly of the French Bishops' Conference concluded in Lourdes. In t…
In a letter published on Sunday 8 November at the end of their Plenary Assembly in Lourdes, the bishops of France encouraged Catholic health institutions to prepare themselves legally not to practise the law authorizing assisted suicide with exception of euthanasia, which is expected to enter into force in January.
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