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Pope Leo condemns assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ in France
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Amid the wheelchairs, crutches, and prayer intentions of the 150,000 pilgrims in Lourdes, France, Sept. 27, the pope spoke out strongly against the practice of assisted suicide for the sick and abortion of the disabled, designating the Marian shrine as a blessed place for "professing the beauty and sanctity of life."
Pope Leo XIV condemned assisted dying as "false compassion" during a visit to Lourdes, France, amid debate over medical aid-in-dying laws.
LOURDES, France (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blasted the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the sick. On his third day in France, Leo again…