{"id":7414,"date":"2017-08-05T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2018-03-06T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:10:47","slug":"vatican-threatens-belgian-order-allowing-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7414","title":{"rendered":"Vatican threatens Belgian order allowing euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>La Croix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Malo Tresca<\/p>\n<p>A brusque reversal by the Belgian province of the Order of the Brothers of Charity\u00a0 has led to a lively polemic.<\/p>\n<p>The order has previously always refused to practice euthanasia, which has been legal in Belgium for nearly fifteen years.<\/p>\n<p>But in a document addressed to hospital management and staff of its fifteen psychiatric centers, the Belgium Brothers of Charity in March confirmed its decision to finally authorize medically assisted death, including for its patients who were &#8220;in a non-terminal situation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No explanation of the reasons for the change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This surprising about face by a Catholic congregation attracted the fire of the Belgian Bishops Conference, the Vatican and the hierarchy of the Order. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/international.la-croix.com\/news\/vatican-threatens-belgian-order-allowing-euthanasia\/5678\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Croix Malo Tresca A brusque reversal by the Belgian province of the Order of the Brothers of Charity\u00a0 has led to a lively polemic. The order has previously always refused to practice euthanasia, which has been legal in Belgium for nearly fifteen years. But in a document addressed to hospital management and staff of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7414\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vatican threatens Belgian order allowing euthanasia&#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":[402,643,162,9],"tags":[2533,2532],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belgium","category-christianity-catholicism","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-brothers-of-charity","tag-rene-stockman"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Vatican threatens Belgian order allowing euthanasia - 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=7414\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vatican threatens Belgian order allowing euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La Croix Malo Tresca A brusque reversal by the Belgian province of the Order of the Brothers of Charity\u00a0 has led to a lively polemic. 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