> 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."