Tag: euthanasia

A CATHOLIC network of hospitals and aged care services has stepped up a campaign demanding access to quality palliative care ...

BISHOP Timothy Harris continues to speak out publicly to persuade Queensland politicians supporting euthanasia they are making a grave mistake. ...

Letter to Qld's Premier Palaszczuk urges a massive spending boost to palliative care: “The truth is that thousands of Queenslanders ...

By Mark Bowling  OXLEY Catholic John Simpson didn’t mind braving Brisbane’s early morning chill to protest the government’s push for ...

New finding: More doctors and nurses needed to work in palliative care. AUSTRALIA has only half the number of palliative ...

Concerning: Some of the final submissions to the Queensland Law Reform Commission raise complex issues about the bill’s legal framework ...

Concerns: “But the trouble is, people are fearful, whoever they are, Catholic or not, they’re petrified that they’re going to ...

Death push: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was victorious in the state election. QUEENSLAND is on a precarious path to legalise ...

Tragedy: “In the future, at least sometimes, my friends in palliative care will feel very sad when one of their ...

Standing up: Augustinian Father Robert Greenup (left), parish priest at St Thomas of Villanova, Mareeba, and who visits remote communities ...

Bishop Tim Harris: “It goes completely against the grain – anything to do with suicide, and certainly voluntary assisted suicide.” ...

Standing firm: “Nobody is morally compelled to suffer unbearable pain, nobody should feel like a burden, and nobody should feel ...

Dignity: “Nobody is morally compelled to suffer unbearable pain, nobody should feel like a burden, and nobody should feel that ...

Right to life: A patient is pictured in a file photo chatting with a nun at Rosary Hill Home, a ...

Concerns: “Experience overseas indicates the real possibility that once euthanasia laws are passed, no matter how tight the initial restrictions, ...

"The church is convinced of the necessity to reaffirm as definitive teaching that euthanasia is a crime against human life ...

Untimely deaths: Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board reported 124 deaths by assisted suicide and euthanasia during its first year, ...

Euthanasia: Both One Nation and Katter’s Australian Party say they won’t join moves to legalise voluntary assisted dying for the ...

Troubling: An unidentified man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and who refused to eat sleeps peacefully the day before dying in ...

Responsibility: "It is absolutely critical that the government’s final response to the committee reports is informed by the views and ...

Troubling: An unidentified man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and who refused to eat sleeps peacefully the day before dying in ...

Call to care: “Real compassion for those approaching the end of their lives in North Queensland should start with more ...

Untimely deaths: Six months after Victoria passed euthanasia laws, the state recorded more than 52 people ended their lives under ...

Life is sacred: Townsville Bishop Tim Harris has spoken out strongly against euthanasia. TOWNSVILLE Bishop Tim Harris has spoken out ...

Called to serve: Joshua Whitehead and Brendan Gormley lie prostrate during their ordination Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral on May ...