Palliative Care Links
Articles on Palliative Care
Spanish Bishops Call For Palliative Care Instead of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – September 15, 2020
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the International Gynaecologic Cancer Society – September 11, 2020
Joint USCCB and CHA letter in Support of Senate Palliative Care Legislation – published in 2020
Catholic Medical Association: Fund Palliative Care, Not Assisted Suicide – September 24, 2019
Killing the Pain, Not the Patient: Palliative Care vs. Assisted Suicide – from USCCB in 2018
Catholic Guide to Palliative Care and Hospice—English – PDF Download ($2.50 for PDF book)
Articles on Aging, the Terminally Ill, and Death With Dignity
Catholic Considerations for Our Earthly Passing – USCCB document from 2017
Hope for the Journey: Meaningful Support for the Terminally Ill – by Kathy Kalina, RN, CRNH, 2001
Pastoral Message on Growing Older Within the Faith Community – Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops in 1999
John Paul II: Dying with Dignity – by Rev. J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M. Cap.
Various Links regarding Palliative Care
USCCB DOMESTIC JUSTICE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Office – links regarding Health Care
USCCB PRO-LIFE ACTIVITIES Office – links regarding End Of Life
USCCB PRO-LIFE ACTIVITIES Office – links regarding Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia