Little Sisters of the Poor. Courtesy of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
“As states around the country consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide, “death with dignity” looks markedly different for patients under the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
In her nearly 30 years with the order that cares for the “elderly poor,” Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P. says she has never seen or heard a patient asking for a lethal prescription.
“I think that’s because they are surrounded with a caring human and spiritual presence in our homes,” she told an audience at the Heritage Foundation.
Sister Constance was part of a 2015 panel in Washington, D.C., on caring respectfully for the elderly sick. The event was titled “Living Life to Its Fullest.””
Read the full article: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-nuns-provide-death-with-dignity-but-its-not-assisted-suicide-35297/