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he participated remotely in the Lenten Spiritual Exercises, connecting via video with the gathering in the Paul VI Hall Photo: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Pro Life

Four Thousand Cases of Euthanasia Per Year in Belgium

Comparing death by euthanasia with other causes, in 2020 2,111 individuals died by suicide and 2,587 from breast cancer of the 126,850 deaths in the whole country: 2,445 cases of euthanasia is a higher figure, which expresses a disproportionate use of the law, because access is available to a procedure that initially was thought to be reserved for extreme cases.

Pope Francis

The Pope’s Health on Sunday, March 9: ”Slight Gradual Improvement” and Second Visit of the Cardinal Secretary of State

The Pope was visited for the second time since he has been in hospital by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and by the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Monsignor Edgar Peña Parra. According to official information, both ecclesiastics “brought him up to date on some situations of the Church and of the world.”

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis•Vatican Diplomacy

World Leaders of the Left and Right Pronounce Themselves on Pope’s Health

Some have reacted with a good disposition regarding the person of the Pontiff. Others have taken advantage of the situation to support their own lines of government. Some have remained silent. To observe the accents of their statements and the omission of reference to faith serves to detect the interested or sincere use of each politician in regard to the Pope’s health.