What's your take on euthanasia, known as "mercy killing"? Also,
what's your take on life-prolonging procedures such as giving people
operations and oxygen? Should we kill people to end their suffering?
Should we prolong people's life in the hope that they will recover?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080915/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_pope

LOURDES, France – People must accept death at "the hour chosen by
God," Pope Benedict XVI told ailing pilgrims Monday in an anti-
euthanasia message at Lourdes, the shrine that draws the desperate,
sick and dying.

At the chilly open-air service outside the sanctuary reputed for its
curative spring water, some faithful lay on gurneys, tucked into
quilts and comforters. A few breathed with oxygen tanks. The 81-year-
old pontiff administered the sacrament of the sick to 10 people, most
in wheelchairs, gently anointing their foreheads and palms with oil.

While several European countries permit euthanasia, the Vatican
vehemently maintains that life must continue to its natural end. The
pope said in his homily that the ill should pray to find "the grace to
accept, without fear or bitterness, to leave this world at the hour
chosen by God."