
Before a crowd of people in St. Peter's Square, Benedict XVI briefly spoke about euthanasia, and referred to the method as a solution not worthy of man.
During his Sunday angelus, the Pope said that the observance of love during a time of sufferance was the true answer.
Benedict XVIThe true response cannot be death, no matter how sweet it may sound, but rather to give love and help relieve the pain and the agony in a humane manner.
The church defines the boundaries of human life from conception to its natural end, and fundamentally opposes any coercion that would end a person's life prematurely.