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Jun 12, 2020 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church addresses suicide in a section called “Respect for Human Life.”. While identifying suicide as a mortal sin—an action a person knows is of grave matter but willingly commits anyway—the catechism also recognizes the decreased culpability of the person in certain circumstances and the hope for God’s ...
- A Mortal Sin?
- Shifting Teaching on Suicide
- The Maison Hullibarger Case
Taking one's own life has long been considered a serious offense in Catholic teaching. The church defines a "mortal sin" — i.e., one that can lead to damnation — as being one that is "grave" and deliberately committed with full knowledge and consent. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a text outlining the church's beliefs released in 1992 under ...
In recent times, however, the church's opinion has softened. The Catechism states that "we are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of." But it goes on to state that "grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one ...
Maison Hullibarger was 18 when he died by suicide on Dec. 4. Days later, LaCuesta delivered a homily at his funeral that left his parents reeling. “He was up there condemning our son, pretty much calling him a sinner. He wondered if he had repented enough to make it to heaven," Jeff Hullibarger, Maison's father, told the Detroit Free Press. In a st...
Jun 12, 2018 · St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Christian bishop and philosopher, wrote that “ he who kills himself is a homicide .” In fact, according the Catechism of St. Pius X, an early...
- Mathew Schmalz
The belief that suicide rates vary by religious affiliation dates back to Emil Durkheim, who observed in 1897 that Protestant states in Western Europe had higher suicide rates than Catholic states, a finding he attributed to Protestantism “being a less strongly integrated church than the Catholic church.” page 159 (Durkheim 1897/2010)
- Ryan E Lawrence, Maria A Oquendo, Barbara Stanley
- 2016
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by the poet and philosopher Jennifer Michael Hecht challenges our culture's acceptance of suicides and reinvigorates the moral arguments against it. At a time when few philosophers or intellectuals are offering strong, compelling, secular arguments against suicide, Hecht's book steps in ...
Aug 29, 2023 · Introduction. The opposition of the Roman Catholic Church to suicide is well known, and its long-standing ban on funeral rites for suicides has been the most visible sign of it for a long time. The topic of suicide prevention and the role of religion for this purpose is extremely important.
Mar 6, 2018 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church approved by St. John Paul II in 1992 does not deny Catholics who die by suicide a Catholic funeral, but it maintains that “suicide contradicts the...
