Belgian "Brothers of Mercy" psychiatric hospitals allow euthanasia
The "Brothers of Mercy", whose hospitals cover approximately 5,000 patients in Belgium, announced: "We respect the freedom of physicians to decide whether to commit euthanasia or not and the freedom of other employees to participate in it or not."
The Council of Hospitals of the "Brothers of Mercy" made a statement, which reads: "We take into account the extreme caution regarding the patients' requests for euthanasia." But the statement also notes that at the same time, "unbearable and hopeless suffering" is considered.
"René Stockman, the international leader of the Brothers of Mercy (and ironically, a Belgian), informed from Rome that the decision of the Belgian institutions within the structure of the Brothers of Mercy hospitals is contrary to the policy of this Catholic monastic order. "We regret this new vision," Stockman said.
Read also
Pope Francis Dies on Bright Monday
Francis was the second oldest pope in history and the first Latin pontiff from Latin America.
Paschal Encyclical of His Holiness Porfirije, Patriarch of Serbia
Paschal Encyclical of Patriarch Porfirije: The Resurrection is Victory over Death, and the Liturgical Life – a Path to Eternity”
Paschal Message from His Eminence Saba (AOCANA)
Paschal Message of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba (Isper) of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Nicholas (ROCOR)
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry
Paschal Message of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onuphry
Let’s Show the World: Christ is Risen – From Every Corner of the Earth!
This Pascha, we want to create something beautiful — together.