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Who May Die? California Patients and Doctors Wrestle With Assisted Suicide
LOS ANGELES — Beginning Thursday, California will be the fourth state in the country to put in effect a law allowing assisted suicide for the terminally ill, what has come to be known as aid in dying. Lawmakers here approved the legislation last year, after Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old schoolteacher who had brain cancer, received international attention for her decision to move to Oregon, where terminally ill patients have been allowed to take drugs to die since 1997.
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Coming to the end of life in California
On June 9, California becomes the fifth state in the nation to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications for patients who ask for them.
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Historia de cada hombre ordenado sacerdote en Los Ángeles
Un mexicano que experimentó el drama de la migración en Estados Unidos, un español agnóstico que sintió el llamado de Cristo cuando vio por televisión el funeral del Papa Juan Pablo II y un profesor de música holandés que confirmó su vocación en la JMJ de Colonia integran el grupo de nueve sacerdotes ordenados por el Arzobispo de Los Ángeles, Mons. José Gómez, el sábado pasado.
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Declaración de Mons. José Gómez sobre legalización el suicidio asistido en California
Mañana, California se convertirá en el quinto estado del país en permitir a los médicos recetar medicamentos letales a los pacientes que los soliciten.
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Statement from Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles on Legalization of Assisted Suicide in California
Tomorrow, California becomes the fifth state in the nation to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications for patients who ask for them. With the new …
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Abp. Gomez on legalization of assisted suicide in California: “This is the beginning of tyranny.”
Here is the full statement from Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles on Legalization of Assisted Suicide in California, released a short time ago:
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LA archdiocese prays novena as assisted suicide law looms
On June 1, Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell celebrated Mass at Santa Teresita, a home for seniors in need of assisted living and nursing services. The Mass marked the beginning of a call to nine days of prayer and fasting for the elderly, disabled and terminally ill.
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Californians Have a Prayer as Assisted Suicide Becomes Law
I noticed something beautiful in my inbox in recent days: People praying. While some statements and sentiments about prayer in the face of violence and death have gotten some media criticism of late, there are people among us who put a lot of faith in prayer. And they are often the people running the maternity homes and the soup kitchens and the hospices and helping immigrants become part of the community.
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LA Archdiocese Prays Novena for Dignity of Life as Assisted Suicide Looms in California
LOS ANGELES — California’s assisted-suicide bill will go into effect on June 9, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is fighting back — with prayer.
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LA archbishop rips the seamless garment: Abortion and euthanasia ‘stand alone’ among today’s injustices in US
Archbishop José Gomez tore apart the “seamless garment” argument that intrinsic evils and social ills are morally equivalent in the Los Angeles archdiocesan newspaper June 3.
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