Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
No financial reward in palliative care.Too costly.Much better financially to simply allow doctors to give these people 'death with dignity'-and it won't be just for the old and infirm.No. We must allow teenagers and even the very young to chose death over hospital/hospice care.Think of the thousands ,nigh millions of dollars will be saved.Now if only the bishops (little chance of Arch types getting involved) would demand that every diocese have palliative care ,promote it and pay for it through Sunday collections.They could start by reminding Catholic politicians of their obligation to follow church law..but..that horse has already bolted.
ReplyDeleteAnon: I can only hope that you are speaking sarcastically by equating the value of human life with money. One cannot and should not reduce a human life to a cost/benefit analysis. As to paying for pastoral care, the Church in fact funds many hospices which provides quality palliative care using its own resources to build and maintain them. We are working to build such a hospice here in Chapeau without depending upon government funding.
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Indeed I was so speaking. Yet there have been reports of some who have seen this law of death as being financially good for the health system. Good for you and your efforts to build a hospice . I wonder if you have the full support of the hierarchy??
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