“We must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death or facilitate assisted suicide,” Pope Francis said.
“I would point out that the right to care and treatment for all must always be prioritized, so that the weakest, particularly the elderly and the sick, are never discarded,” the pope continued. “Indeed, life is a right, not death, which must be welcomed, not administered. And this ethical principle applies to everyone, not just Christians or believers.”
Pope Frances has often commented on modern "throwaway culture" that treats the sick and elderly as if they no longer have worth. The practices of euthanasia assisted suicide, and abortion purposefully and immorally end the lives of human beings with inherent value.