State Coercion vs. Catholic Conscience: Euthanasia Mandate Threatens Religious Autonomy
EWTN News reports on a British Columbia Supreme Court case (January 12 – February 6, 2026) challenging the right of Catholic hospitals to refuse euthanasia services. The plaintiffs allege that St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver caused “unnecessary pain and distress” by transferring a terminally ill patient seeking Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to a secular facility. This legal assault threatens the very existence of institutional religious freedom (libertas ecclesiae) and reveals the anti-Christian totalitarianism masquerading as “neutrality” in Canada’s post-Christian society.