Pope Leo XIV Rebukes Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for Signing Assisted Suicide Bill
Pope Leo XIV has issued a sharp rebuke to JB Pritzker for signing Illinois’ assisted suicide bill, revealing he had personally urged the governor to reject it.
Pope Leo XIV has publicly rebuked Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for defying his explicit plea not to sign the radical assisted suicide bill, condemning the Democrat’s embrace of a culture of death that mocks the sanctity of human life from conception to natural end.
In a powerful Christmas message, the Pope expressed profound disappointment over Pritzker’s decision, revealing their private audience last month, where he urged respect for life’s sacredness amid suffering.
The Pope lamented, “I spoke very explicitly with Governor Pritzker about that (bill). We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end. And unfortunately, for different reasons, he decided to sign that bill. I’m very disappointed about that.” He called for a Christmas reflection on God’s incarnation, affirming human goodness, and praying for renewed respect for life.
The “End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act” (SB 1950), signed on December 12 — the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe — allows terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to request lethal drugs after verbal and written demands with a five-day wait, opening a slippery slope to broader euthanasia abuses seen elsewhere.
Illinois’ Catholic bishops fiercely opposed the bill’s passage — Senate 30-27 on October 31, House 63-42 in May — warning it jeopardises the poor and marginalised while urging expanded palliative care over state-sanctioned killing.
This papal condemnation must galvanise conservatives to combat euthanasia laws nationwide, bolstering pro-life defences and faith-based care that honours suffering’s redemptive value.
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Republished with thanks to iFamNews. Originally titled ‘Pope Leo XIV rebukes Governor Pritzker for signing assisted suicide bill’. Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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At last a pope speaking against Assisted Dying .Like much else that happens in the World , I did not find this reported by Australia’s Leftist /” Progressive ” Media.
Thank you Pope Leo XIV for condemning this Anti-Christ agenda of death.
Life is sacred.
Perhaps he should rebuke his own country Italy with a population of around 58 million and an abortion rate, murder of babies, 5 in every 1000 women.
Pot calling the kettle black.
290,000 Abortions per yr in the Popes country Italy.
And he bags Illinois.
Murder is Murder Pope.