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Dutch court allows euthanasia of dementia patients

April 23, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled that doctors may euthanize patients who are suffering from dementia, as long as those patients had indicated, while still competent, that they wanted to die.

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Sat13 September
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Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John Chrysostom (347-407). St. John was born in Antioch. His powerful eloquence earned him the surname of Chrysostom, or golden mouthed. With St. Athanasius, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil, he forms the group of the four great doctors of the Eastern…

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