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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said assisted dying was not “normal,” as he continued a landmark visit to France, where parliament has legalized the practice for certain patients.
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“No human law should ever make you lose the certainty of your dignity,” he told believers who were sick or suffered from disabilities, at the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes.
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“We must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion. It is impossible to regard causing death as something normal,” he added.
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France’s parliament passed legislation in June establishing a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition.
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The move drew strong criticism from the Catholic Church in France, which denounced the bill as a serious “rupture.”
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