“Assistance in Dying”: No Deadline for Dignity

Monday, May 30, 2016

Salt + Light Media

(CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence) An open letter from Cardinal Lacroix… On June 6th, the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision concerning “medical assistance in dying” will take effect with or without a federal law to control it. The adoption of bill C-14 or the Carter decision’s coming into effect will certainly give place to appeals within the court […]

Statement from Cardinal Thomas Collins re: Supreme Court of Canada decision on assisted suicide

Friday, February 13, 2015

Salt + Light Media

By Thomas Cardinal Collins, February 10, 2015 “For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.” Psalm 31 In our days, as in the days of the psalmist, so many years ago, people can suffer grievously during their journey through […]

When death is at the doorstep:
Martyrdom and Euthanasia in the Church

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

It’s always difficult to say something about a subject that has not affected you in a particularly personal way. Nevertheless, death is a subject that is before us these days as a community of faith and as a society as a whole, and therefore warrants some reflection. I’d like to comment on two recent events […]