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Are Catholics allowed to have a view on ethical matters?

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

I was surprised that you printed the column written by Martin Hanson in Saturday’s paper under the heading of “Assisted Dying: the right to choose”.

The article could more correctly have been headed “Why Catholics have no right to speak up on ethical matters” because that is what Mr Hanson was writing about. Read Msgr Frank Eggleton’s Letter

Read Martin Hanson’s opinion piece

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