Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:10:55 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb At pre-synod, atheist says he is optimistic about church's future /home/international/item/27026-at-pre-synod-atheist-says-he-is-optimistic-about-church-s-future /home/international/item/27026-at-pre-synod-atheist-says-he-is-optimistic-about-church-s-future VATICAN – Religious and nonreligious people today must learn to engage in fair and objective dialogue so that they may unite the world and make it better as a whole, a young atheist said.
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CHUR, Switzerland – A Swiss bishop has instructed Catholic priests not to give last rites to people suspected of seeking assisted suicide, following a sharp rise in the practice in his country.

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Six years ago, 89-year-old Kay Carter, a terminally ill Vancouver woman, circumvented Canadian law by purchasing a doctor-assisted suicide in Switzerland. Her death prompted a 2011 lawsuit that sought access to assisted suicide for other Canadians who were suffering and near death.

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