
Irish Doctors Reject Parliamentary Committee’s Support for Assisted Suicide
The committee’s report, released on March 20, recommended the introduction of laws permitting assisted suicide for persons diagnosed with terminal diseases.
The committee’s report, released on March 20, recommended the introduction of laws permitting assisted suicide for persons diagnosed with terminal diseases.
Confounding pre-referendum polls, they soundly defeated two measures that would have deleted an existing mention of mothers in the Irish Constitution, and widened the definition of the family.
Even though police officials and health administrators have stated there has been no criminality associated with pro-life actions outside of abortion facilities, Ireland’s government continues to push forward legislation banning such advocacy.
The republic’s political class seems determined to distance their nation from its Catholic legacy, but there are signs of pushback against some of the recent changes to Irish society.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Holy Father to visit isle where faith has declined drastically.
Critics say Leo Varadkar’s announcement, that upcoming abortion legislation will allow no exemptions for institutions, violates religious freedom.
After the referendum repealed Ireland’s ban on abortion, activists stress the need to find constructive ways to address the contemporary reality.
A U.S. Benedictine community has planted roots in the Emerald Isle, becoming the first new monastery in the Diocese of Meath since the Reformation.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Will there be a unified Ireland? How could it impact the peace process?
Church leaders in Derry, Northern Ireland, describe how the Irish nun’s life and death has impacted the tight-knit local Catholic community.
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