Article April 7, 1986 Issue

Incurable? Not for the Christ!

[Original in German]

SUSANNA SIEGRID GHOSH

In the last few years the media covered a case that has raised profound questions: a doctor had provided poison so a patient suffering from an incurable disease could kill herself. The doctor justified his action as an act of mercy.

Suicide—an act of mercy, a last resort?

Are there really diseases and situations in life from which there is no way out, which are incurable? Not for the Christ, which heals and redeems, now and always.

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