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Pope Leo voices alarm on assisted dying laws in France
He said legalizing assisted dying could pressure vulnerable people and warned against treating science and technology as profit-driven ventures.
- On Friday, Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's opposition to assisted dying initiatives during an address at the Elysee Palace in Paris before French President Emmanuel Macron and other officials.
- France created a legal right to die two months ago, following years of intense national debate over the measure that allows patients with incurable illnesses to request lethal assistance.
- Pope Leo criticized what he termed "profit-driven ventures," warning that "science and technology" risk becoming means for "genetic manipulation, surrogacy, the trade in human organs or the possibility of arranging one's own death."
- Broad public support for the measure exists in France, though the Catholic Church and some medical professionals argued that legalizing assisted dying could pressure vulnerable individuals seeking autonomy at life's end.
- Assisted dying is already permitted in several European countries, illustrating divergence between the Catholic Church's stance on the "right to life" and various international legal frameworks permitting end-of-life choice.
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Pope brings message to protect life to French shrine at Lourdes known
LOURDES, France (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday took his opposition to euthanasia and medically assisted dying to Lourdes , the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures and now also a place of healing for
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The Pope developed an intense agenda on the inaugural day of the four-day trip, which included visits to Notre Dame and UNESCO
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