Euthanasia in Canada jumped nearly 16% last year with more than 15,000 deaths — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Euthanasia continues to be a major driver of deaths in Canada, with the latest government figures showing another double-digit increase in Canadian citizens opting to end their lives under the country’s national suicide law. Health Canada’s fifth annual medical assistance in dying…

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British government makes puberty blocker ban for kids permanent — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: MargJohnsonVA/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2024 / 11:25 am (CNA). The United Kingdom’s ban on children receiving puberty-blocking drugs to facilitate a gender transition is now permanent, according to an announcement from the country’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). In a Dec. 11 statement, the DHSC wrote that the “emergency…

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Russian Orthodox patriarch writes to pregnant women to encourage them to keep their babies — By: Catholic News Agency

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. / Credit: Nickolay Vinokurov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters in support of new mothers in Russia as part of a new project designed to encourage pregnant women to keep their babies, according to a Russian state news agency. There…

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