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September 13, 2017

Belgian brothers group to keep offering euthanasia at psych facilities

Belgium's Brothers of Charity Group has rejected a Vatican order to stop offering euthanasia

OXFORD, England – Belgium's Brothers of Charity Group, which runs 15 centers for psychiatric patients, has rejected a Vatican order to stop offering euthanasia.

Published in International
August 8, 2017

Pope orders Belgian religious order to stop euthanizing patients

Pope Francis has given the Brothers of Charity Group, a Belgian religious order, until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients.
MANCHESTER, England – Pope Francis has given a Belgian religious order until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients.
Published in Vatican
May 5, 2017

Vatican investigates Belgian Catholic hospitals’ decision to allow euthanasia

Activists of the collective Yellow Safety Jacket take part in an anti-euthanasia protest Feb. 11, 2014, in Brussels. A group of psychiatric care centres run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium has announced it will permit doctors to undertake the euthanasia of "nonterminal" mentally ill patients on its premises.

MANCHESTER, England – The Vatican is investigating the decision of a group of psychiatric care centres run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium to permit doctors to perform euthanasia of "nonterminal" mentally ill patients on its premises.

Published in International