Leo XIV’s Most Pro-Life and Anti-Euthanasia Speech in France

Sep 27, 2026 19:21

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV met with the patients and their companions at the Accueil Notre-Dame Center Photo: Vatican Media

Euthanasia

Euthanasia in France: For the third time, the Senate says “no.” Progressives and the French left will pass it in Parliament

Although the Senate has once again rejected the proposal, the legislative momentum now appears to favor its supporters. If the National Assembly grants final approval next week, France would join a growing number of countries that permit some form of medically assisted dying

Jul 10, 2026 13:06

ZENIT Staff

Euthanasia

Anglicans in Canada Normalize Murder Through Official Ritual Liturgies for Euthanasia

The newly released text, entitled Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts of Medical Assistance in Dying, states that its purpose is not to settle the ethical controversy surrounding assisted death or to argue either for or against the practice

Jul 03, 2026 08:43

ZENIT Staff

Euthanasia

Macron will welcome the Pope amid a euthanasia law that is dividing France and being imposed by force

The latest vote, held on June 30, ended with 295 deputies in favor, 232 against and 35 abstentions, capping years of parliamentary debate that has generated more than 1,800 amendments since the proposal first emerged

Jul 02, 2026 08:43

Covadonga Asturias

Euthanasia

10 Years of Euthanasia in Canada: 27 Deaths a Day… 10,000 a Year. And Now They’re Targeting the Mentally Ill

The next frontier in the debate concerns mental illness. Canada has postponed until 2027 a proposed expansion that would allow access to MAID when mental illness is the sole underlying condition. The proposal has generated concern not only among religious groups but also among disability-rights organizations and international bodies.

Jun 22, 2026 17:11

Tim Daniels

Euthanasia•Local Church

Statement by the Bishops of England and Wales on the Reintroduction of the Bill on Adults with Terminal Illnesses (End-of-Life Care)

Archbishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has expressed his deep disappointment that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to parliament in autumn

Jun 18, 2026 07:31

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV will visit Mexico twice, according to statements by the president of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference. The dates will be as follows

Neither trip has been confirmed by the Holy See, but the possibility reflects the growing importance of the Guadalupe jubilee in the Mexican Church’s pastoral plans and its ambitions for a wider spiritual renewal across the Americas.

What kind of Church do people encounter when they are at their most vulnerable? Leo XIV opens the conference on Amoris Laetitia by placing vulnerability at the center

Remarks by the Pope at the beginning of the meeting with the leaders of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the episcopal conferences, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of “Amoris laetitia”

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France legalizes euthanasia but also safeguards the right to conscientious objection

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Euthanasia in France: For the third time, the Senate says “no.” Progressives and the French left will pass it in Parliament

Anglicans in Canada Normalize Murder Through Official Ritual Liturgies for Euthanasia

Macron will welcome the Pope amid a euthanasia law that is dividing France and being imposed by force

10 Years of Euthanasia in Canada: 27 Deaths a Day… 10,000 a Year. And Now They’re Targeting the Mentally Ill

Statement by the Bishops of England and Wales on the Reintroduction of the Bill on Adults with Terminal Illnesses (End-of-Life Care)