• 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.

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  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.

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  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.