As the first comment at the linked site said, "What? The parents are not even arrested as accessories to the crime? In most countries starving a child is child abuse. And government "Protective Service" would take the child away from the parents, and take them to court."
Now, I guess, when your deeply disturbed kid says "I'm gonna hold my breath until I turn blue," parents are supposed to say "Fine. Your choice. Here's a plastic bag you can put over your head. Here, I'll fasten it at the neck."
Comments?
Only a week too late to save Pothoven, and never said a word against Ireland’s baby-killing referendum.
Yes, Mrs. Don-o, you stated it well. And the blame goes beyond the parents and the gov to all the bystanders who allowed this outrage.
When people point to Scandinavia (Holland being nearby) as the end all be all model of an ideal society, I point out the Euthanasia rates and Abortion of those with disabilities. :(
The Nazi spirit is alive and well in Northern Europe. It’s horrific... And it’s proof that a society’s physical quality of life does not automatically equate to spiritual respect for it.
sorry Scandinavian countries* plural.
This is something I had not heard before. If true, it only adds to the symbolic force of this whole story.
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the Pope and Holy Mother Church.
O Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires.
O Saint Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers.
O Saint Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss his fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
Saint Joseph, Patron of departed souls – pray for me. (Mention your intention) Amen.
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Once is an accident.
Twice is coincidence.
Dear Lord Jesus Christ, please continue to pour forth your grace on Jorge/Francis that he may be the fearless advocate for You, Your Truth, and Your Gospel that his office calls him to be.
The story is wrong. On several levels.
The facts are that this young woman, Noa Pothoven, died at her own family home from extreme anorexia brought on by self-inflicted malnutrition in a failed suicide attempt.
She tried to starve herself to death back in 2018 out of the control of her family, but she was rescued at very near the point of death after she’d done unrecoverable damage to her vital organs. Doctors had actually been trying to save her life against her will, force-feeding her and using medical systems to supplant her non-functioning organs. All they managed to accomplish was restoring some of her weight.
She wasn’t euthanized by assisted suicide under the 2001 Dutch euthanasia law, or inside any kind of facility for this purpose as was initially reported and later wildly embellished as the story went round the world.
Where has this been reported?
To be clear, Bergoglio did not speak against "suicide", but "assisted suicide". He has not taught the traditional Catholic teaching against "suicide".