Canadian Bishops Renew Opposition to Assisted Death Legislation zenit.org
With the approval of the Executive Committee, the Most Reverend Richard Gagnon, Archbishop of Winnipeg and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), signed a statement on behalf of the Bishops of Canada expressing their opposition to the re-tabling of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medically assisted dying), re-introduced by the federal government on October 5, 2020. Prepared on behalf of the CCCB, this statement is in addition to the joint ecumenical and interfaith statement released on 14 October 2020 entitled: “We Can and Must do Much Better – Religious Leaders in Canada denounce Bill C-7, ‘An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)’“…
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