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'Explain what Roman Catholics believe about the sanctity of life.'
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... 'Explain what Roman Catholics believe about the sanctity of life.' The 'Sanctity of life' is the idea that all human life is sacred. This means that it should be treated with respect, and should not be thought of as something that can be destroyed at will. Christians believe that everyone has a divine spark given by God, and therefore we should look after life. This has relevance with moral issues today such as abortion, where a foetus is terminated before it is born, and because Christians believe life begins at conception terminating the foetus is murder. Euthanasia is Greek for an easy death. It is where a person either asks to be helped to die, by taking an overdose of drugs for example. The other way is when a person is too ill to make a decision of their own and so they are helped to die. The Roman Catholic
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