Vatican Responds to End - of - Life Issues - Updated
Vatican addresses Terri Schiavo case, end-of-life issues
With end-of-life issues receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years, the bishops of the United States sent a series of questions to the Vatican about providing food and water to those near death. Today the Vatican published its response to these questions and implicitly condemned the treatment of Terri Schiavo, a comatose Florida woman who was starved to death when her husband and doctors withheld food from her.
The replies to the questions posed by the bishops were published in a document issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and were approved by the Holy Father.
FULL STORY
Via CNA.
Although I have attended a couple of workshops on this and now have a clearer understanding of end of life issues, it still remains a complicated, confusing, and complex issue for many Catholics, which needs to be further discussed and explored at both the diocesan and the parish levels. Further adult education is definitely needed. I am glad that the CDF is publicly making a statement on the issue of nutrition and hydration and confirming Pope John Paul II's teaching that artificial hydration and nutrition is, in principle, ordinary care and, as such, needs to be administered. (2004)
As for the Terri Schiavo case, the answer was obvious and simple: don't starve your wife to death because you have committed adultery and have children by another woman and want to get on with your life.
For more information on this topic, see The Curt Jester (who shares numerous links), the American Papist, and Amy Welborn.
Other links for further information on this topic include: End-of-Life Decisions at EWTN, ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSON "LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENTS AND VEGETATIVE STATE:SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS", March 20, 2004 .
With end-of-life issues receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years, the bishops of the United States sent a series of questions to the Vatican about providing food and water to those near death. Today the Vatican published its response to these questions and implicitly condemned the treatment of Terri Schiavo, a comatose Florida woman who was starved to death when her husband and doctors withheld food from her.
The replies to the questions posed by the bishops were published in a document issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and were approved by the Holy Father.
FULL STORY
Via CNA.
Although I have attended a couple of workshops on this and now have a clearer understanding of end of life issues, it still remains a complicated, confusing, and complex issue for many Catholics, which needs to be further discussed and explored at both the diocesan and the parish levels. Further adult education is definitely needed. I am glad that the CDF is publicly making a statement on the issue of nutrition and hydration and confirming Pope John Paul II's teaching that artificial hydration and nutrition is, in principle, ordinary care and, as such, needs to be administered. (2004)
As for the Terri Schiavo case, the answer was obvious and simple: don't starve your wife to death because you have committed adultery and have children by another woman and want to get on with your life.
For more information on this topic, see The Curt Jester (who shares numerous links), the American Papist, and Amy Welborn.
Other links for further information on this topic include: End-of-Life Decisions at EWTN, ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSON "LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENTS AND VEGETATIVE STATE:SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS", March 20, 2004 .
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