medicine or medical procedures. Finally, physician assisted suicide, or
             PAS, is where a physician "helps to bring on the patient's death by providing the means to do it or by giving the
             necessary information on how to do it, but the patient performs the lethal act" (Gula). Each of these
             methods is a form of euthanasia or mercy killing but each is different in the amount of involvement by the
             According to the Catholic religion, euthanasia, as well as abortion and contraception, are sins against God and
             the Church. Pope John Paul Ii wrote and encyclical letter that was issued at the Vatican in March 1995. Pope
             John Paul II shared his views on the topics of euthanasia, contraception and abortion in this very opinionated
             statement. The Catholic Church feels that it is wrong for people to believe that they can control the beginning
             and end of their lives. According to the Church , "the temptation becomes all the greater to resolve the problem
             of suffering by eliminating it at the root, by hastening death so that it occurs at the moment considered most
             suitable. (Population and Development Review, ). The Church also holds the belief that there is value to
             suffering and we, as human beings, s
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