The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:09:11 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Comment: Our definition of ‘dignity’ is caught in a death spiral /opinion/columnists/item/25578-comment-our-definition-of-dignity-is-caught-in-a-death-spiral /opinion/columnists/item/25578-comment-our-definition-of-dignity-is-caught-in-a-death-spiral

I want to focus on a single word, one that is loaded with enough meaning to sway life or death decisions.

]]> clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Charles Lewis Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:57:00 -0400 On a rescue mission /opinion/columnists/item/21956-on-a-rescue-mission /opinion/columnists/item/21956-on-a-rescue-mission

Writing and speaking out against euthanasia is a blessing. There is something bracing about standing up for the truth.

]]> clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Charles Lewis Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:00:00 -0400 Physician-assisted death committee recommendations go far beyond Carter /item/21828-physician-assisted-death-committee-recommendations-go-far-beyond-carter /item/21828-physician-assisted-death-committee-recommendations-go-far-beyond-carter

OTTAWA - The special Parliamentary committee on physician-assisted dying recommended Feb. 25 euthanasia for the mentally ill and opened the way for euthanasia of consenting minors.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:43:51 -0500 Conscience can’t trump patients’ rights /item/21819-conscience-can-t-trump-patients-rights /item/21819-conscience-can-t-trump-patients-rights

OTTAWA -  The conscience rights of doctors and health care workers should not be allowed to interfere with a patientƵapp “right” to a medically assisted death, claimed a university professor from the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:36:31 -0500