CBC interview with Jean Vanier about euthanasia promotes culture of death
June 20, 2016
Brett FawcettRebel Blogger
If you
ever wanted to know what some observers mean when they speak of “the culture of
death,” just listen the recent interview by CBC Radio’s Carol Off with Jean
Vanier.
Jean
Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, “the Ark”, an international network of
communities that care for the mentally disabled by putting them, not in
hospitals or “care centres”, but in homes—real homes. Rather than treating
those with intellectual disabilities as inconveniences to be shuffled out of
the way, L’Arche assistants treat them as core members in the community life
they share.
In a
recent editorial
for the Globe and Mail, Vanier commented on the looming physician-assisted
suicide legislation in Canada, warning that “we must take care not to obscure
or forget the innate dignity of those who are vulnerable”.
He
believes we should always ensure that . . .
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