Diocese of Rochester

With physician-assisted su***de set to be legalized in NYS this August, the Catholic Bishops of NYS have released a 2026 revised and updated edition of their teaching booklet titled “Now and at the Hour of Our Death: A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision-Making”. The booklet is now also available in Spanish (“Ahora y en la Hora de Nuestra Muerte: Una guía católica para la toma de decisiones al final de la vida”). The DOR is purchasing the booklets but would welcome a free-will offering to help with the cost for shipping to parishes and to support the future efforts of the Office of Life Issues. Please use form to order hardcopies only in either language. To save on shipping cost orders may be picked up at the Diocesan Pastoral Center at 1150 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, 14624 after the notification of arrival. Hardcopies can be ordered via the following DOR Office of Life Issues with the following online order form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/6qXk7QbdiF. For questions contact [email protected] or call (585) 328-3228 x1278.

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LifeRoc Advocacy, Action, Statements & Education USCCB Committee Chairmen Respond to IVF Executive Order Bishop Thomas, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop Barron, chairman of the Committee for Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, responded to the executive order calling for poli...