Pontifical Academy for Life’s ‘Little Lexicon’ raises questions

The Pontifical Academy for Life's new end-of-life text is meant to clarify, not further confuse complicated issues

Ethicists, doctors, and governments across the West continue to roll out physician-assisted suicide as a medical option — causing heated debate about human dignity, the nature of human life, and what Pope Francis has consistently called “throwaway culture.”

As part of this conversation, the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life issued a new text, titled …