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  • Euthanasia

    • Catechism of the Catholic Church on Euthanasia

      Article 5 of the Catechism, on the Fifth Commandment, sections 2276 to 2279, has information on the sanctity of human life and the issue of euthanasia.

    • Declaration on Euthanasia

      Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1980 Declaration on Euthanasia.

    • USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities - Euthanasia Articles

      This site contains more Church documents, articles, columns, fact sheets, and other information on the issue of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.

  • Life Sustaining Treatment

    • Address of Pope John Paul II on Life Sustaining Treatment, March 20, 2004

      Address of John Paul II to the participants in the International Congress on life-sustaining treatments and the vegetative state.

    • Artificial Nutrition and Hydration - Questions, Responses and Commentary

      Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 1, 2007, responses to certain questions regarding artificial hydration and nutrition.

    • Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services

      The Ethical and Religious Directives issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have a twofold purpose: first, to reaffirm the ethical standards of behavior in health care that flow from the Church’s teaching about the dignity of the human person; and second, to provide authoritative guidance on certain moral issues that face Catholic health care today.

  • Physician-Assisted Suicide

    • To Live Each Day with Dignity: A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide

      This statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide was approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on June 16, 2011.