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September 21, 2016

Alberta, NWT bishops: No last rites for those seeking euthanasia

A priest administers the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Alberta and NWT bishops will withhold the sacrament from those requesting assisted suicide.

Priests should withhold the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick to people who have requested assisted suicide or euthanasia, according to pastoral guidelines issued by the bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Published in Canada