2023-09-23 22:45:02
Returning to Rome after a two-day visit to Marseille, Pope Francis reiterated his opposition to euthanasia and assisted end of life. “We don’t play with life!” We do not play with life, neither at the beginning nor at the end,” repeated the head of the Catholic Church during a press conference on the plane taking him back to Rome.
A comment which comes shortly before the examination of a bill in France which could authorize “active assistance in dying”.
The pope spoke late this morning with French President Emmanuel Macron for the fourth time in six years, their first meeting outside the Vatican.
The Pope denounced the “falsely worthy perspective of a gentle death”
Asked about the subject, the sovereign pontiff replied: “Today, we did not talk about this theme. But we talked about it last time (in October 2022 at the Vatican).” “I spoke clearly (..): I gave my opinion. With life, we don’t play. Neither at the beginning nor at the end,” the pope said. “Today, let us be attentive to ideological colonizations which (…) go against human life.” “Otherwise, it will end with this policy of no pain, of humanist euthanasia,” he warned.
In his speech on Saturday morning, the sovereign pontiff refuted the “falsely dignified perspective of a sweet death, in reality saltier than the waters of the sea”.
According to Emmanuel Macron’s entourage, the two men did discuss the subject on Saturday, but the president stuck to the “calendar” and the “methodology” of a text expected “in the coming weeks”. It was theoretically supposed to be presented before the pope’s arrival, but was postponed.
This text, which could go so far as to include “active assistance in dying”, would open a new right only to adults, suffering from an incurable illness and with a “medium-term” vital prognosis.
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