Posted on 09/08/2009 2:50:56 PM PDT by Pope Pius XII
41 Catholic priests have been issued a formal warning by the Vatican for signing an open letter approving the removal of food and hydration of helpless patients like Eluana Englaro.
Five months ago, in a letter composed by Fr. Paolo Farinella of Genoa, the group complained that a living wills law being prepared by Prime Minister Berlusconi's government excluded the possibility that food and hydration could be withdrawn from patients by doctors to bring about their deaths. Farinella, the author of the article "The right to live a duty to die," is a well-known supporter of euthanasia.
Published by Micromega, a magazine known for its strong secular and anticlerical views, the letter said, "The law on living wills for which the government and the majority [in Parliament] are preparing to vote imprisons freedom of all actors involved at the supreme moment of death."
(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...
Do something with the Priests in the United States that allow our politicians to promote abortions and accepting Communion.
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This is going to get quite interesting. Thanks for the post.
Sorry, but that's about the most wimpy admonition I've ever heard in my life. Possibly punish them?? No, one chance to repent and then excommunicate them!
This timid BS gets us nowhere!
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