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Parishes to get euthanasia bill letter from bishops

NZ Catholic Staff — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:13:52 +0000

In the wake of the first reading of the End of Life Choice bill in Parliament, New Zealand’s Catholic bishops will be sending a letter and fact sheet to all parishes in this country for Masses in late January, 2018.echo $variable;

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Euthanasia referendum given bioethicist thumbs down

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:10:04 +0000

A Catholic bioethicist has given an emphatic thumbs down to any use of a referendum on legalised assisted suicide and/or euthanasia in this country. Director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre, Dr John Kleinsman, expressed serious concerns about submitting a matter as complex as euthanasia and assisted suicide to a public referendum. The coalition

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End of Life Choice Bill will erode end of life choices

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:31:13 +0000

The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre expressed opposition to MP David Seymour’s End of Life bill, saying it will undermine the life choices for many should it become law. “We have grave concerns about the unintended consequences of the proposed legislation”, warns Director of The Nathaniel Centre and bioethics researcher Dr John Kleinsman. “It is

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Foul play in end-of-life debate

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:12:51 +0000

The director of The Nathaniel Bioethics Centre, Dr John Kleinsman, is surprised and appalled at the disingenuous tactics being employed by assisted suicide supporters. Recently, Matt Vickers and Act MP David Seymour described the unprecedented number of submissions to Parliament’s Health Select Committee and the overwhelming 78 per cent opposition to a law change as

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Politicians told now a very bad time for euthanasia

Michael Otto — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:30:29 +0000

A New Zealand Catholic bioethics centre has told politicians that there has never been a more dangerous time in this country to make assisted suicide or euthanasia available.The Nathaniel Centre sounded this warning in its submission to an end of life inquiry being conducted by Parliament’s Health Select Committee. The 159-paragraph submission’s conclusion acknowledged that euthanasia and assisted suicide “make sense from within

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NZ ethicist likes papal call on love and family

John Kleinsman — Tue, 03 May 2016 03:22:51 +0000

by JOHN KLEINSMAN
In two days much had already been written about this highly anticipated document [Pope Francis’s The Joy of
Love], and much more will surely be written on it. Rather predictably, many commentators zeroed in on “hot-button
issues” of cohabitation and the question of couples in “irregular” second marriages accessing the sacraments.echo $variable;

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Four Kiwis to bring insights to Pope’s discussion on marriage and the family

John Kleinsman — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 23:02:04 +0000

By Simone Olsen
Two lay people and two Bishops from New Zealand will travel to Rome to participate in the Catholic Church’s discussion led by Pope Francis on Marriage and the Family, next month.echo $variable;

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