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Diocèse catholique d'Alexandria-Cornwall Catholic Diocese
220, ch. Montreal Rd, C.P./Box 1388, Cornwall ON K6H 5V4 * 613-933-1138
Most Reverend V. James Weisgerber
Archbishop of Winnipeg
President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
It is hard to see how any legislation legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide would protect the most vulnerable in our society. Euthanasia and assisted suicide, by their very nature, mean there is no longer a common duty for all to protect the lives of others.
Bloc MP Francine Lalonde has once again introduced a private member's bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.
As a result, the Parliament of Canada is soon expected to debate Bill C-384, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to
die with dignity). To read the position of the Catholic Bishops click here.
To learn more about this bill and to find out what
you can do click here.
All publications have been created by the Catholic Organization for Life and Family
The goal of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is to help build a stronger unified coalition of those who oppose euthanasia
and assisted suicide. Click here to learn more.
Click here for a message from the Ontario Bishops
National Catholic Bioethics Centre
This excellent resource centre offers, among many other things, preaching points on Nutrition and
Hydration.
They also offer helpful resources on understanding brain death and persistent vegetative state.
They also have an excellent explanation of end of life decisions and the redemptive nature of suffering from a Catholic perspective.
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Priests for Life is a movement of priests seeking to help the rest of the Church to use her full strength against the most devastating
attacks on human life in our day.
Fraser Health provides a wide range of integrated health care services to more than 1.5 million people living in communities
stretching from Burnaby to White Rock to Hope. They have an excellent section on making personal health care decisions.
Sola Deo Gloria
The mission of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute is to promote and protect the dignity of the human person through interdisciplinary
ethics research and education in health care and the life sciences.
Canadians are not sure about legal euthanasia, says the president of a group that has commissioned a new Environics poll on the subject.
“Outside of Quebec support drops dramatically and is tempered by fears about how vulnerable groups will be affected,” says Delores
Doherty of LifeCanada. “The idea that Canadians are clamouring for euthanasia is not accurate, despite the impression that may have
been left from some polls.” >>more
Poll: Canadians Conflicted about Legal Euthanasia
