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Month: February 2022

General Audience

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 9 February 2022 Catechesis on Saint Joseph: 11. Saint Joseph, patron of the good death. Dear brothers and sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Saint Joseph, we now consider him as the patron of a happy death. This traditional devotion was born of the Church’s meditation on Joseph’s own death, comforted by the […]

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Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin

Reading I 1 Kgs 11:4-13

When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods,
and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God,
as the heart of his father David…

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Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis

Dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, Pope Francis has said. At his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the Pope said that this ethical principle was valid not only for Christians but for everyone. He expressed gratitude for palliative care, which seeks to improve the quality of life

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