Pope Leo XIV told sick and disabled pilgrims at Lourdes on Sunday that they are 'not a burden', less than six weeks after France's assisted-dying law came into force. He also warned that 'what is legal is not necessarily moral'.
While he did not name France's new legislation, he made the remarks in a country that has just introduced a legal framework allowing eligible adults with serious and incurable, life-threatening conditions to request assistance to die, subject to specific conditions.
