# Pope Leo XIV condemns assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ during France visit

https://mins.news/en/item/76218

- Fox News, 2026-09-27 17:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-calls-false-compassion-medically-assisted-suicide-french-hospital-visit

> Pope Leo XIV called for an end to medically assisted suicide during a visit to medical facilities in Lourdes, France. After celebrating Mass, he said causing death cannot be treated as normal, legality does not make an act moral, and medicine should care for suffering people rather than eliminate them.

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