Frankreich-Besuch: Papst verurteilt Gesetze zu Sterbehilfe
Bei seinem Besuch in Lourdes richtet Leo XIV. einen deutlichen Appell an die Ärzteschaft: „Was legal ist, ist nicht zwangsläufig auch sittlich erlaubt.“
Pope Leo XIV explicitly condemned all forms of active euthanasia during his visit to the French Lourdes pilgrimage site. The head of the Catholic Church appealed to medical professionals and other health care workers, stating that their vocation is to care for the suffering, not to eliminate them. Leo emphasized that considering the bringing about of death as normal is unthinkable.
He stressed that what is legal is not necessarily morally permitted. No one has the right to decide on life based on laboratory algorithms. As the head of over 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, the Pope criticized legal provisions for active euthanasia in various European countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium. The French National Assembly had also passed such a law on active euthanasia earlier this summer after lengthy debates.
The Lourdes pilgrimage site was Leo's penultimate stop in his France visit. After visiting Metz near the Franco-German border on Monday, the Pope was scheduled to deliver a Europe speech.
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