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A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on September 11 blocking Illinois from enforcing its physician-assisted suicide law against Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, two orders of Catholic women religious, and an Illinois pharmacist who challenged the law in court.

"The Gospel calls us to uphold the inviolable dignity and worth of the human person, from life's first moment to its natural end." The post Cardinal Cupich, sisters sue Illinois over assisted suicide law first appeared on Angelus News .

The state agreed to a federal court order amid a suit brought by the Diocese of Springfield and Bishop Thomas Paprocki. The post Court blocks Illinois assisted suicide mandate for religious objectors – for now first appeared on Angelus News .