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*Receiving the Scottish bishops, Benedict XVI said that some developments in medical ethics "are of great concern. If the Church’s teaching is compromised, even slightly, in one such area, then it becomes hard to defend the fullness of Catholic doctrine in an integral manner”.
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It is “unacceptable” for the Catholic Church to compromise “even slightly” on the subject of euthanasia. The idea of “sweet death”, in reality "strikes at the very heart of the Christian understanding of the dignity of human life and if the Church’s teaching is compromised, even slightly, in one such area, then it becomes hard to defend the fullness of Catholic doctrine in an integral manner. Hence the call today by Benedict XVI to the bishops to “continually call the faithful to complete fidelity to the Church’s Magisterium.”
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It is “unacceptable” for the Catholic Church to compromise “even slightly” on the subject of euthanasia. The idea of “sweet death”, in reality "strikes at the very heart of the Christian understanding of the dignity of human life and if the Church’s teaching is compromised, even slightly, in one such area, then it becomes hard to defend the fullness of Catholic doctrine in an integral manner. Hence the call today by Benedict XVI to the bishops to “continually call the faithful to complete fidelity to the Church’s Magisterium.”
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