The dioceses of Salzburg and Innsbruck are dedicated to assisted suicide
to die Archdiocese of Salzburg and die Diocese of Innsbruck will devote themselves to the much-discussed topic of assisted suicide in the coming days. The pastoral days in the Archdiocese of Salzburg, which begin on Tuesday, are about the topic “Assisted Suicide – Pastoral Challenge”. In the Tyrol plant, the diocese of Innsbruck, in cooperation with the Tyrolean hospice community, from April 1st a district tour in three Tyrolean districts on the topic “Assisted suicide – let’s talk about it!”.
Since the beginning of the year, assisted suicide has made it possible, under clearly regulated conditions, to provide help in the event of suicide without being punished. What challenges that will bring for the pastoral is “still unforeseeable”, according to the personnel department of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Therefore, there is the possibility of a pastoral day on the subject for employees of the archdiocese. This will be offered in Salzburg (March 29), Schüttdorf (March 30) and Wörgl (March 31).
The aim is to convey the legal situation in Austria through the change in the law: “What is permitted, what is forbidden and the theological assessment of this fact.” On the other hand, the topic of pastoral challenges is viewed from the perspective of a pastor from Switzerland. The St. Gallen clinic chaplain Andre Böhning will report on his experiences. The theological part will be taken over by the moral theologian and head of the department for practical theology at the University of Salzburg, Andreas Michael Weiß.
District tour in Tyrol
A “district tour” on the subject of “assisted suicide” started on April 1 in the Tyrolean districts of Innsbruck-Land, Innsbruck-Stadt and Landeck. The topic of assisted suicide needs discussion space for those affected, relatives and those affected, but also for professionals, according to the website of the Diocese of Innsbruck. Representatives of the medical profession from nursing, palliative medicine, clinic pastoral care and old people’s homes have their say.
(The information: www.dibk.at/Meldungen/Veranstaltungsreihe-Assistierte-Suicide)
Source: catpress