Euthanasia Distorts Medical Ethics, Pope Says
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Pope John Paul branded euthanasia  a distortion of medical ethics on Friday, saying doctors could  not decide "who can live and who must die."
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Catholic experts are expected to advise the Pope to abolish the state of limbo for babies that die before baptism.
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A HOSPITAL in the Netherlands, the first country to legalise euthanasia, has broken the ultimate taboo and started to kill terminally ill and severely disabled babies.
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Pope John Paul's age and the debilitating effect of Parkinson's disease are the main factors influencing his health and make him more vulnerable to infections and breathing problems, medical experts said.
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Pope John Paul's age and the  debilitating effect of Parkinson's disease are the main factors  influencing his health and make him more vulnerable to  infections and breathing problems, medical experts said.
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Pope John Paul was rushed to hospital late on Tuesday after his condition deteriorated from flu but he was not in intensive care, the Vatican said.
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope John Paul II warned in a statement released Sunday that humanity&#39;s speedy progress in science and technology risks overlooking moral values, citing with particular concern experiments in human cloning.
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Four doctors discuss whether euthanasia is an acceptable option in a disaster situation like Hurricane Katrina. In Bodyhack.
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The Church of England will never soften its opposition to euthanasia, even in the case of the terminally ill who clearly wish to die, the head of the worldwide Anglican church has said.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday condemned genetic engineering and other scientific practices that allow people to select so-called "designer babies" by screening them for defects.
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A commission of experts assembled by the Royal Dutch Medical Association on Thursday have called for a widening of the guidelines for allowing euthanasia in the Netherlands, to include mercy killings for ...
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Piergiorgio Welby may be changing the way Italy thinks about euthanasia and other choices for the sick to end their own lives.
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Attorneys for the parents of a woman at the center of a right-to-die case argued Thursday she would have been profoundly affected by new Catholic teachings on end-of-life issues.
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British public in danger of losing its 'moral focus' on abortion, says Archbishop of Canterbury.
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It may be time to stop defining death purely in medical terms, an academic argues.
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Roman Catholic organisations and the Vatican have reacted with outrage to the news that a hospital in the Netherlands has been carrying out &quot;mercy killings&quot; on newborn babies.
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A doctor alleged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer &#151; a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.