Assisted Suicide

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(OSV News) — In an eventful year for life issues — including abortion, assisted suicide, and immigration — advocates and opponents alike wrestled with outcomes, each other, governments, public opinion, and …

(OSV News) — Pro-life and anti-euthanasia activists in Canada are decrying that government’s latest efforts to expand its assisted suicide policy by accepting “advance requests” — and a national survey on …

LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members …

(OSV News) — Britain’s lawmakers voted Nov. 29 in Parliament to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, despite opposition from Britain’s Catholic bishops and other …

OXFORD, England (OSV News) — Churches and faith groups across the United Kingdom have condemned a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide and stepped up efforts to block its Nov. 29 …

(OSV News) — The English and Welsh bishops are inviting Catholics to join a holy hour to pray for the defeat of an assisted suicide bill. They are urging the …

Ever wonder why there is a worldwide feast for the Lateran Basilica in Rome? Every year on Nov. 9, the church celebrates the dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John …

(OSV News) — Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take immediate and urgent action to oppose an …

ZURICH (OSV News) — Following the death of an American woman in a so-called suicide capsule in Switzerland and the arrest of several people involved in her death, a Swiss …