The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:03:33 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Assisted suicide plans for children unveiled at Toronto's Sick Kids hospital /item/28133-assisted-suicide-plans-for-children-unveiled-at-toronto-s-sick-kids-hospital /item/28133-assisted-suicide-plans-for-children-unveiled-at-toronto-s-sick-kids-hospital TORONTO – In a prestigious medical journal, doctors from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children have laid out policies and procedures for administering medically assisted death to children, including scenarios where the parents would not be informed until after the child dies.]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:58:14 -0400 A giant palliative ‘payback’ for St. Joseph's Hospital /item/27519-a-giant-palliative-payback-for-st-joseph-s-hospital /item/27519-a-giant-palliative-payback-for-st-joseph-s-hospital

With an $11.6-million donation, TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Health Centre will create one of the largest, most advanced and most comprehensive palliative care units in Canada.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:56:52 -0400 Assisted suicide on the rise in Canada, report shows /item/26153-assisted-suicide-on-the-rise-in-canada-report /item/26153-assisted-suicide-on-the-rise-in-canada-report OTTAWA – Euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths in Canada could soon exceed the rates of such deaths in Belgium and the Netherlands, warns the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:09:01 -0400 Charlie GardöÏÓãÊÓƵapp parents end legal fight to take him to U.S. for treatment /home/international/item/25773-charlie-gard-s-parents-end-legal-fight-to-take-him-to-u-s-for-treatment /home/international/item/25773-charlie-gard-s-parents-end-legal-fight-to-take-him-to-u-s-for-treatment

LONDON — A five-month legal battle to get permission to take terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to the United States for experimental treatment ended Monday (July 24) after his parents told a British court they were withdrawing their legal challenge.

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WASHINGTON – Amid the Gard family's legal battle in the U.K. to pursue experimental treatment for their infant son, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation granting them permanent residency in the states.

]]> cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:59:00 -0400 Pope calls for respecting UK parents' wishes to care for dying child /home/international/item/25616-pope-calls-for-respecting-parents-wishes-to-care-for-dying-child /home/international/item/25616-pope-calls-for-respecting-parents-wishes-to-care-for-dying-child

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for respecting the wishes of a terminally ill child's parents to accompany and care for their child "until the end."

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