Archbishop Charles Scicluna is urging the people of Malta and Gozo to actively participate in the Government’s public consultation on assisted voluntary euthanasia. He emphasised that the people should cleary state that they not in favour of “assistance” that facilitates ending one’s life.
Instead, the Archbishop advocates for more investment in essential support services such as palliative care, a true expression of compassion that addresses suffering in all its forms: physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual.
The Archbishop’s message:
This Government has started a consultation on death and assisted dying. It is also proposing that it helps you to kill yourself if you want to.
It is also promoting palliative care.
I suggest you participate in this consultation and tell the Government you are not interested in killing yourself, but you are very interested in being assisted and supported as you embrace death with dignity and support.