When governments set eligibility for euthanasia, they’re deciding whose lives are too valuable to end—and whose are deemed worthless enough to facilitate their death.
The suspension has raised questions over the BBC’s impartiality and future justification for the UK’s licence fee, which generates £3.8 billion of income for the station annually.
The pope signed the decree on their martyrdom on his 86th birthday. It will allow the couple to be beatified, which is the last formal step before potential sainthood.
