The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is encouraging members of Congress to support a continuing resolution criticizing assisted suicide... Read more
A priest must say clearly to a person opting for assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia that he is committing a... Read more
The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life held an international symposium this week on medical ethics and palliative care, hosted together... Read more
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said Tuesday that he would be willing to hold the... Read more
An anti-euthanasia group in the UK is calling for the continuation of laws against assisted suicide, as the family of... Read more
Leaders in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauded the National Council on Disability for its recent research on the... Read more
Pro-life advocates are decrying the ruling of an Italian court this week that decriminalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in the... Read more
Pope Francis told a group of Italian doctors Friday they must resist the temptation to participate in assisted suicide or... Read more
Bishop Robert Deeley of Portland, Maine, has expressed his disappointment at the failure of efforts to force a public vote... Read more
A priest who was photographed blessing a man planning to commit medically assisted suicide said Friday that he was unaware... Read more
Social media posts made by Robert Fuller suggest that he scheduled his funeral with his parish days before his suicide, and... Read more
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday that the state’s law permitting assisted suicide may take effect while a legal... Read more
The Archdiocese of Seattle is facing questions after a local man received a formal Catholic blessing at Mass shortly before... Read more
The family of a Canadian man with ALS is urging the country’s government to change the way it treats patients after he received a... Read more
A judge in New Jersey has temporarily halted a law allowing physician assisted suicide, which had gone into effect August... Read more
Legal assisted suicide could expand in Australia, as the Western Australian government has introduced legislation to allow people deemed terminally... Read more
Bishop James E. Checchio of Metuchen described assisted suicide as “a grievous affront to the dignity of human life” that... Read more
In the wake of terrible conditions of negligence and abuse reported at some U.S. hospice facilities, several Catholic doctors are... Read more
A bill legalizing assisted suicide in Maine moved to the governor’s desk on Tuesday after both houses of the state’s... Read more
The founder of a Catholic health-share group has said that battling loneliness is crucial to opposing the growing acceptance of... Read more