Respect Life Resources

Continual advances in medical technology bring many blessings but also pose complex ethical questions. While many of us avoid thinking about illness and death, they touch every life. The purpose of the linked document is to encourage Catholics to take time to reflect now beforefacing a crisis. When illness and death  inevitably come, we can face them with the comfort and peace of understanding our faith, and knowing our Church is there to embrace us in our
hour of need. 
This document (Linked here) includes three parts:
• 8 Principles of Catholic Teaching on End of Life Care
• Frequently Asked Questions, and the
• Maryland Catholic Declaration for Health Care Decision Making.