Vatican City: Pope Francis addressed the Vatican financial scandals in a sit-down radio interview that aired Wednesday, saying he hoped that Cardinal Angelo Becciu is innocent of the charges against him. “I hope with all my heart that he is innocent. Besides, he was a collaborator of mine and helpedContinue Reading
Vienna: Euthanasia and assisted suicide cases have risen rapidly in Belgium and the Netherlands since the practices were legalized in 2002, according to a bioethics institute. The Vienna-based Institute for Medical Anthropology and Bioethics (IMABE) noted on Feb. 12 that cases had increased in Belgium from just 24 in 2002Continue Reading
Wellington, Nov 14, 2019: Lawmakers in New Zealand on November 14 voted in favor of making euthanasia legal, paving the way for the issue to be put to voters in a referendum next year. The law, enabling terminally ill people to request a medically assisted death was passed 69 toContinue Reading
Vatican City, September 21, 2019: Pope Francis has again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Catholic country. “We can and we must reject the temptation, which is also favored by legislative changes, to useContinue Reading
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Brussels, Belgium: The board of the Belgian Brothers of Charity announced Tuesday it will continue offering euthanasia to patients in their psychiatric centres, despite being ordered by the Vatican to stop doing so. The “Broeders van Liefde” board had been given until the end of August to comply with the Vatican order,Continue Reading
Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals. In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two countries — along with the Netherlands — where doctors areContinue Reading
Brussels, Belgium: Following a decision by the board of several Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals to start performing euthanasia, the religious brothers who operate the hospitals said the policy change is unacceptable and cannot be implemented. “We deplore this new vision,” said Brother René Stockman, the superior general of the Brothers ofContinue Reading
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Mumbai: A nurse who went into coma after being raped 42 years ago, died on Monday. She was 68. Aruna Shanbaug was in the Intensive Care unit of Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital. Doctors had said a few days ago that Shanbaug was suffering from pneumonia and was onContinue Reading