Tag: palliative care
The suffering need compassion, not suicide by drugs
Sydney, Australia, Apr 16, 2015 / 02:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Euthanasia isn’t what the suffering and dying really need, said Australia’s Catholic bishops. “Suicide is always a tragedy, and all people who are confronted by their mortality, whether or not they are mentally or physically ill, deserve our help and compassion, not a lethal dose,”… Read More ›
Advent thought: Through Illness, Christ Speaks Words of Love
ROME, DEC. 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is affirming that the sick can live Advent in a deeper way, because illness is a similar time of waiting for God to transform suffering into hope and salvation. The Pope affirmed this today while visiting the sick and their caregivers at the Hospice Foundation of Rome, which… Read More ›