Cardinal analyzes why Netherlands lost Catholic faith in few short decades
Revealingly, the subtitle of his book is a quote from Saint Luke: 'When the Son of man comes, will He find faith on earth?'
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Articles tagged Netherlands
Netherlands contemplates expanding assisted suicide for people over 75 ‘tired of living’
July 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A draft law proposing the legalization of assisted suicide for people over 75 who are “tired of living” has been presented in the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament by Pia Dijkstra, of the D66 progressive “social-liberal” party. While there is a relatively small chance that the proposed law will be able to cross all legislative hurdles – this usually takes at least nine months – before the present cabinet steps down, Dijkstra made clear that her main objective is to push the theme to the fore in order to be extensively discussed. The idea […]
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Netherlands moves to strike sex marker from ID cards to please ‘non-binary’
Ultimately, the hope is to do away with the compulsory reference to a newborn’s sex on birth certificates.
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Dutch doctor admits to euthanizing dementia patient who didn’t want to die
The geriatric physician who avoided murder charges expressed no remorse for her actions.
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Dutch Supreme Court uses forced euthanasia case to expand permission to kill patients
We shouldn’t be surprised that the Court has now explicitly approved the forced euthanasia of patients with dementia if they asked to be killed before becoming incompetent.
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Dutch cardinal: Only orthodox teaching and ‘worthy’ liturgy will attract Catholics
'More generally,' Cdl. Willem Eijk said, 'parishes with a strong identity and a worthy Sunday liturgy have the most appeal. We see families there, young people.'
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Dutch mental patient ‘angry’ doctors proposed euthanasia to her
‘I was overwhelmed and angry. I couldn’t believe it. I had come to see this man to get help.’
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Euthanasia requests dramatically increase at Dutch ‘end-of-life’ clinic
More than 3,000 inquiries were received in 2019 and nearly 900 people were killed by the death teams.
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Dutch to offer ‘poison pill’ to healthy seniors who want to die
The Dutch government has published a study that shows how many people want to end their own lives, prompting a political party to provide suicide pills for the elderly.
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Why legal euthanasia results in sick, elderly being pressured to die
Every aging society must decide whether to invest in palliative care and health care for the elderly or euthanasia.
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