{"id":7393,"date":"2017-09-13T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T22:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:03:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:03:46","slug":"utterly-outrageous-belgian-catholic-care-group-denounced-by-church-over-euthanasia-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7393","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Utterly outrageous&#8217;: Belgian Catholic care group denounced by Church over euthanasia plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christian Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">James MacIntyre<\/p>\n<p>A furious row has broken out within the Catholic Church over the Belgian Brothers of Charity, who are refusing to\u00a0comply with a Vatican order to stop providing euthanasia for the people it cares for.<\/p>\n<p>The UK-based Catholic priest Alexander Lucie-Smith has described the behaviour of the Brothers as &#8216;utterly outrageous,&#8217; and pointed out the crucial fact that the order is lay-run.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broedersvanliefde.be\/nieuwsberichten\/persbericht-euthanasie-bij-psychisch-lijden-in-een-niet-terminale-situatie-nl-fr-eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> statement<\/a>\u00a0released in Flemish, French and English, the organisation said it &#8216;continues to stand by its vision statement on euthanasia for mental suffering in a non-terminal situation&#8217; and goes on to make the incendiary claim that it &#8216;is still consistent with the doctrine of the Catholic Church. We emphatically believe so.&#8217; . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/utterly.outrageous.belgian.catholic.care.group.denounced.by.church.over.euthanasia.plans\/113630.htm\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Today James MacIntyre A furious row has broken out within the Catholic Church over the Belgian Brothers of Charity, who are refusing to\u00a0comply with a Vatican order to stop providing euthanasia for the people it cares for. The UK-based Catholic priest Alexander Lucie-Smith has described the behaviour of the Brothers as &#8216;utterly outrageous,&#8217; and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7393\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8216;Utterly outrageous&#8217;: Belgian Catholic care group denounced by Church over euthanasia plans&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,402,643,162,9],"tags":[2533,1964,2532],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-belgium","category-christianity-catholicism","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-brothers-of-charity","tag-pope-francis","tag-rene-stockman"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>&#039;Utterly outrageous&#039;: Belgian Catholic care group denounced by Church over euthanasia plans - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7393\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Utterly outrageous&#039;: Belgian Catholic care group denounced by Church over euthanasia plans - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christian Today James MacIntyre A furious row has broken out within the Catholic Church over the Belgian Brothers of Charity, who are refusing to\u00a0comply with a Vatican order to stop providing euthanasia for the people it cares for. 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