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Leading Catholics and rabbis agree: help terminally ill, reject assisted suicide

null / Photo by Patrick Thomas / Shutterstock Denver Newsroom, May 15, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA). Leading Israeli rabbis and Catholic Church leaders have signed a joint declaration on the ethics of treating the terminally ill, and rejecting assiste.

Leading Catholics And Rabbis Agree: Help Terminally Ill, Reject Assisted Suicide

Fr. Crossin, ecumenical expert and US bishops' former advisor, dies at 75

Fr. John W. Crossin, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, who was an expert in the field of Christian ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, died May 12 after a brief illness. He was 75.

Leading Catholics and rabbis agree: help terminally ill, reject assisted suicide

Null / Photo by Patrick Thomas / ShutterstockDenver Newsroom, May 15, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA).Leading Israeli rabbis and Catholic Church leaders have signed a joint declaration on the ethics of treating the terminally ill, and rejecting assisted suicide and euthanasia, while also advocating for improved palliative care."For both Jews and Christians, taking care of the terminally ill with belief, respect and love means truly to light the lamp of faith and hope at a time shrouded in darkness and a sense of solitude and abandonment for both patient and dear ones," they said in a joint declaration at the conclusion of a recent gathering in Jerusalem.The delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews met in Jerusalem May 2-4 for their 17th bilateral meeting. The meeting was the first in five years, due to delays from the Covid-19 epidemic.The topic of the meeting was "Jewish and Catholic Approaches to the Terminall

Leading Catholics and Rabbis Agree: Help Terminally Ill, Reject Assisted Suicide

The Catholic presentation at the meeting highlighted the guiding principles for treating the terminally ill.