SW News: The Catholic Medical Association and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are voicing support for a bill pending in Congress to fund training, research, and education on palliative care. The proposed bill would provide federal grants to train more health professionals with expertise in palliative care and would also fund research to improve methods for palliative care. Catholic Medical Association President Dr. John Schirger said “Our role as physicians is to care for patients at all stages of their lives, and to try to do so in an empathetic manner, showing them kindness and charity in their particular circumstances. The Roman Catholic Church regards euthanasia as morally wrong. The church regards any law permitting euthanasia as an intrinsically unjust law.