(The Pillar) – Ethicists, doctors, and governments across the West continue to roll out physician-assisted suicide as a medical option — causing heated debate about human dignity, the nature of human life, and what Pope Francis has consistently called “throwaway culture.”
As part of this conversation, the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life issued a new text, titled “Little Lexicon on the End-of-Life,” with a view to offering clarity on terminology and concepts in a morally fraught subject amid an increasingly “secular” context. CONTINUE