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DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: The Catholic Church has taught since the apostolic period that intentional self-killing — suicide — is wrong, not only when done for trivial reasons, but for any reason.
Drawing on Church teaching, new book offers hope for suicide victims and those left behind.
COMMENTARY: Will the suicides of Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain and the 45,000 suicides in the United States annually convince us that we all have an important role in that saving work?
The lawsuit’s plaintiffs, the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare and the Christian Medical and Dental Association, object to state officials’ requirements that could force physicians to refer for assisted suicide under the 2013 assisted-suicide law.
COMMENTARY: It seems that the United States contains whole demographics of citizens who are simply giving up on life. And we should do our part to reach out to these hurting souls.
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