Vatican newspaper mourns Belgian euthanasia victim

September 20, 2016

The Vatican newspaper has published a front-page column lamenting the first reported death of a Belgian teenager from euthanasia.

The column’s author, Ferdinando Cancelli, discussed his work as a palliative care specialist in Switzerland and concluded that in the Belgian case, “The road could and should have been different.”

 

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Further information:

• La strada doveva essere diversa (L’Osservatore Romano, p. 1)
• Belgium reports first euthanasia of teenager (CWN, 9/16)