Press Misrepresents Catholic Teaching on End of Life Issues

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The prominence of the recent right to die case has brought unprecedented media attention to the Catholic Church's teaching on end-of-life issues. But media portrayals of Church teaching are often inaccurate and misleading, according to two prominent Catholic ethicists.

Father Thomas Williams, dean of the theology department of Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, and Richard Doerflinger, Deputy Director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, both said the Church makes a distinction between ordinary and extraordinary care. The first is always required while the second is not.

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[TwinCrier]

Wow, what a shock! [sarcasm]
I may be mistaken, but didn't the pope require a feeding tube at some point? I think I read that he had a temporary one that went through the nose when he was hospitalized.

 

[santalucia]

He is on one right now.
He has come out with some very strong statements condemning stopping feeding tubes since Terri became so newsworthy in 2003. Anyone who says otherwise is...not telling the truth.

 

[UberLutheran]

...with the exception of CNN, all of the major media outlets (FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC) and owned, managed and run by Republicans.

Republican candidates were by far the greatest beneficiaries of donations made by these media outlets.

If articles and news reports about the Pope and end-of-life issues are misleading, then Republicans have only themselves to blame. As I said, with the exception of CNN, Republicans control the media.