Q&A with Fr John Flader: Dignity the key in handling death


When my grandmother was dying, our family was confused about the morality of giving or withholding certain treatments suggested by the doctors. Does the Church have any teaching on this question? The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives the general criterion: “Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary or disproportionate to the expected outcome […]


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