A discussion of Pope Pius XII, the Jews, and related matters.

Catholic teaching condemns euthanasia as a “crime against life”. The teaching of the Catholic Church on euthanasia rests on several core principles of Catholic ethics, including the sanctity of human life, the dignity of the human person, concomitant human rights, due proportionality in casuistic remedies, the unavoidability of death, and the importance of charity. The Church’s official position is the 1980 Declaration on Euthanasia issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.